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Zelda is a nickname for the feminine name Griselda, [1] from Old High German Grisja Hilda, 'Grey Battle-maid'. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is also ( Yiddish : זעלדאַ or זעלדע, Hebrew : זלדה) the feminine form of the Yiddish name Zelig , [ 1 ] (זעליג) meaning 'blessed', 'happy'.
Griselda, also spelled Grizelda, is a feminine given name from Germanic sources that is now used in English, Italian, and Spanish as well. According to the 1990 United States Census, the name was 1,066th in popularity among females in the United States.
Zelda, the main villainess in the British TV series Terrahawks; Zelda, the main villainess in the 1998 direct-to-video film The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom; Zelda, the dog mascot of Nickelodeon Magazine; Zelda, the pet vulture in the 1964 TV series The Addams Family; Zelda Cruz, a character in the American web series ...
The name Marianthi comes from the names Maria which is the name of the Virgin Mary and means Strong, Fertile and from the name Anthi which comes from the Ancient Greek word Anthos which means Flower. In the Church it is heard as two separate names but also as a whole between them.
Between 1987 and 2017, the name was most commonly used among Hispanic American families. The name reached the lowest point of use in the United States in 2013, when it was used for 33 newborn American girls. There were 60 newborn American girls given the name in 2022 and 56 American girls given the name in 2023. [12] Hilda is the name of:
Zerelda is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Zerelda James (1825–1911), the mother of Frank James and Jesse James; Zerelda Mimms (1845–1900), the wife and first cousin of Jesse James; Zerelda G. Wallace (1817–1901), early temperance and women's suffrage leader
On the origin of the character's name, Miyamoto said: "Link's name comes from the fact that originally, the fragments of the Triforce were supposed to be electronic chips. The game was to be set in both the past and the future and as the main character would travel between both and be the link between them, they called him Link".
The Gaels were among the first Europeans to adopt surnames during the Dark Ages. Originally, most Gaelic surnames were composed of the given name of a child's father, preceded by Mac (son) or Nic (or Ní, both being variants of nighean, meaning daughter) depending on the gender.