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, 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 .
* 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.