Zelda (given name)

Zelda is a nickname for the feminine name Griselda, which may originally have meant "dark battle". It is also the feminine form of the Yiddish name Selig, meaning "blessed", "happy".

People
 Zelda Fichandler (1924–2016), American director and educator
 Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948), American writer; wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald
 Zelda Harris (born 1985), American actress
 Zelda Kahan (1886–1969), British communist
 Zelda Kaplan (1917–2012), American socialite
 Zelda La Grange (born 1970), former private secretary to President Nelson Mandela
 Zelda McCague (1888–2001), Canadian supercentenarian
 Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky (1914–1984), (pen-name "Zelda"), Israeli poet, notable writer of Hebrew religious poetry
 Zelda Nolte, British sculptor
 Zelda Popkin (1898–1983), American mystery novelist
 Zelda Rubinstein (1933–2010), American actress
 Zelda Sears (1873–1935), American entertainer
 Zelda the brain, a female professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
 Zelda Wynn Valdes (1905–2001), American fashion designer and costumer
 Zelda Williams (born 1989), American actress and daughter of Robin Williams
 Sean N. Zelda, musician who founded the band We Came as Romans
 Zelda Zonk, a pseudonym used by Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962)

Fictional characters
See Zelda (disambiguation)

See also
 Zelda (disambiguation)

References

Category:English feminine given names