# Belinda

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bəˈlɪndə/ · frequency rank #24,990

## Definitions
1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
2. The ninth satellite of Uranus.

## Etymology
From Belle + -inda, base from various Romance sources such as French belle, Italian bella (“beautiful”), suffix Latinate form of German linde (“soft”) (English linden, lithe). Popularised by Alexander Pope in his poem The Rape of the Lock (1714). The moon is named after a character in Pope's poem.

## Easily confused with
- **blind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belinda-vs-blind)
- **blinds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/belinda-vs-blinds)
- **behind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/behind-vs-belinda)

## Common misspellings (10)
`bbelinda`, `beilnda`, `belidna`, `belinad`, `belindda`, `belinnda`, `bellinda`, `belnida`, `bleinda`, `eblinda`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/belinda