Meanings
- A female given name originating as a coinage.
Celinda Levno, 71, of Phoenix, Arizona, was one of four victims attacked in the Colorado capital's 16th Street Mall between Saturday and Sunday nights.
2025 January 13, Sonya Gugliara, “Beloved American Airlines flight attendant, 71, meets horrific fate during Denver layover”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jan 20252 more examples
“Nightmare Abbey” is an excellent example of this satire. Here we find the melancholic Scythrop Glowry, a fictional figure in which the poet Shelley is thinly disguised, torn between two fair maidens, Marionetta and Celinda.
1925 February 22, “In Thomas Love Peacock the Plot Does Not Matter […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCCelinda Haynes shocked both police and medical professionals when she arrived at the hospital covered in blood, explaining that her dog Maya (right) had stabbed her in the arm
2016 September 23, Anneta Konstantinides, “Woman gets stabbed in the arm by her DOG after it mistook a kitchen knife for a toy”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2016
Origin
Probably a blend of Celia + Linda.
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Celinda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Celinda
“Celinda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Celinda. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Celinda,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Celinda.
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