Zelda (given name)

Zelda is a given name meaning "female warrior". And a nickname for the feminine name Griselda which means "dark battle".

People

• Zelda Fitzgerald (July 24, 1900—March 10, 1948), born Zelda Sayre, the wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.
• Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky (1914—1984), (pen-name "Zelda"), Israeli poet, notable writer of Hebrew religious poetry.
• Zelda Harris (born February 17, 1985), an American actress.
• Zelda La Grange (born October 29, 1970), former private secretary to President Nelson Mandela.
• Zelda Rubinstein (born May 28, 1933), notable for starring in the Poltergeist film series.
• Zelda Williams, an American actress and daughter of Robin Williams.
• Zelda Zonk, a pseudonym used by Marilyn Monroe (1926—1962).

Uses in fiction

• Princess Zelda, a character in The Legend of Zelda video game series.
• Zelda Gilroy, a character in the 1959—1963 TV series, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
• Zelda, Sabrina's aunt in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.
• Zelda, the main villainess in The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom.
• Zelda, a character in the Gerry Anderson TV series Terrahawks.
• Zelda, a character in the serial Galaxy Four from the BBC television series Doctor Who.
• Zelda, the dog companion in Nickelodeon magazine.
• Zelda, the maid of Katinka van de Velde, a Dutch Governor's adulterous wife, in Wilbur Smith's Birds of Prey.

Uses in music

• Zelda, the subject of the song "Beautiful Zelda" by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.