Zelinda
654 Zelinda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered on 4 January 1908 by German astronomer August Kopff. It is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.297 AU with an orbital eccentricity of 0.23 and a period of 3.48 yr. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 18.1° to the plane of the ecliptic.
Meaning & Origin of Zelinda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
654 Zelinda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered on 4 January 1908 by German astronomer August Kopff. It is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.297 AU with an orbital eccentricity of 0.23 and a period of 3.48 yr. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 18.1° to the plane of the ecliptic.
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The Story of Zelinda
The earliest SSA record of Zelinda as a baby girl name dates back to 1951, when 11 babies received it. 1951 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Zelinda — #3,284 in the national rankings. About 68% of every Zelinda on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Zelinda last appeared in the published SSA data in 2004, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 47 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Zelinda
Zelinda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1951 and has accumulated 47 births in the dataset. Zelinda's peak popularity came in 1951 when it ranked #3,284. Use the chart and map above to compare Zelinda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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