Belinda \b(e)-lin-da, bel(i)-nda\ as a girl's name is pronounced ba-LIN-dah. Possibly (Old German) "crafty" or a combined form of Belle (French) "beautiful" and Linda. First occurred in 18th-century poet Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock". Has upper-class English connotations. Pop singer Belinda Carlisle.
Belinda has 11 variant forms: Bel, Belenda, Belindra, Belle, Bellinda, Bellynda, Belynda, Linda, Lindie, Lindy and Velinda.
For more information, see also related names Clarinda and Elinda.