Belinda
Feminine given name
Belinda is a feminine given name, used in English-speaking countries since the 18th century.
It gained literary prominence through Alexander Pope's mock-heroic poem "The Rape of the Lock," where Belinda is the fashionable heroine whose stolen hair lock causes scandal: Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay.
Airy supernatural being
- BiancaItalian for white
- JulietFemale name, phonetic J
- PuckShakespearean mischief-making sprite
- OpheliaGreek name meaning help
Cressida · Desdemona · Portia · Rosalind · Cordelia · Ferdinand · Titania · Oberon
Georgian era versifier
- heroineBrave female protagonist
- mock-heroicSatirizing epic conventions
- coquetteTeasing, insincere charmer
- sylphGraceful, slender woman
lock of hair · satire · verse · 18th century · belle · canto · poem
Dido's operatic creator
- operaTheatrical art combining song
- sopranoHighest female voice range
- duetPiece for two
- ariaOperatic solo piece
handmaiden · baroque · libretto · chorus · recitative
One sharing another's name
- monogramInterlaced personal initials
- personalizedAdapted for an individual
- identityWho someone is
- appellationName or title given
nickname · given name · feminine name · traditional · christening · baptism · nameplate · embroidered
Ariel
Airy supernatural being
Ophelia · Cressida · Desdemona · Portia · Rosalind · Cordelia · Ferdinand · Titania · Oberon · Miranda
Alexander Pope
Georgian era versifier
- heroineBrave female protagonist
- mock-heroicSatirizing epic conventions
- coquetteTeasing, insincere charmer
sylph · lock of hair · satire · verse · 18th century · belle · canto · poem
Purcell
Dido's operatic creator
aria · handmaiden · baroque · libretto · chorus · recitative
namesake
One sharing another's name
- monogramInterlaced personal initials
- personalizedAdapted for an individual
- identityWho someone is
appellation · nickname · given name · feminine name · traditional · christening · baptism · nameplate · embroidered
- MoonsLuna, Titan, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto
- Famous MexicansBenito Juarez, Frida Kahlo, Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata, Diego Rivera
- Maria EdgeworthOrmond, Helen, Leonora, Harrington, Rosamond
- Mexican Artists
- Alexander PopeThe Rape of the Lock, heroic couplet, Twickenham, epistles
- Anne RiceLestat, Louis, Claudia, Armand, Gabrielle