Zelda may refer to:

Places

Zelda, Kentucky Zelda is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders I ...

, unincorporated community, United States

People

Zelda (given name) Zelda is a nickname for the feminine name Griselda, which may originally have meant "dark battle" or "strong woman;" often combined to mean "Grey fighting maiden". It is also the feminine form of the Yiddish name Selig, meaning "blessed", "happy" ...

, a female given name

Arts and entertainment

Media

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The Legend of Zelda ''The Legend of Zelda'' is an action-adventure game franchise created by the Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. It is primarily developed and published by Nintendo, although some portable installments and re-rele ...

'', a video game franchise * ''Zelda'' (Game & Watch), a 1989 Game & Watch system * Zelda (band), a Japanese rock band in the 1980s and 1990s * ''Zelda'' (film), a 1993 television movie * ''Zelda'', a 1970 book by Nancy Milford about Zelda Fitzgerald

Fictional characters

Princess Zelda is the titular Character (arts), character in Nintendo's ''The Legend of Zelda'' video game series. She was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and introduced in the original 1986 game ''The Legend of Zelda (video game), The Legend of Zelda''. She is on ...

, the titular character in ''The Legend of Zelda'' video game series * Zelda, in Stephen King's book ''

Pet Sematary ''Pet Sematary'' is a 1983 horror novel by American writer Stephen King. The novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1984, and adapted into two films: one in 1989 and another in 2019. In November 2013, PS Publishing r ...

'' and the film adaptation * Zelda, the main villainess in the British TV series ''

Terrahawks ''Gerry Anderson & Christopher Burr's Terrahawks'', usually referred to simply as ''Terrahawks'', is a 1980s British science fiction television series produced by Anderson Burr Pictures for London Weekend Television and created by the product ...

'' * Zelda, the main villainess in the 1998 direct-to-video film '' The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom'' * Zelda Cruz, a character in the American web series ''

Zombie College Zombie College is a Flash cartoon series created by television writer Eric Kaplan and directed by John Rice for icebox.com. 12 episodes were produced. Pre-production work was done in Los Angeles at Icebox.com, while the flash animation was ha ...

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Zelda Gilroy Zelda may refer to: Places * Zelda, Kentucky, unincorporated community, United States People * Zelda (given name), a female given name Arts and entertainment Media * ''The Legend of Zelda'', a video game franchise * ''Zelda'' (Game & Watch) ...

, in the 1959–1963 TV series ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'' * Zelda Kay, in the ''

Island at War ''Island at War'' is a British television series that tells the story of the German occupation of the Channel Islands. It primarily focuses on three local families: the upper class Dorrs, the middle class Mahys, and the working class Jonases, a ...

'' television mini-series * Zelda Reginhard, in the anime and manga series ''

Lotte no Omocha! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yui Haga about Naoya, a man brought to a magical world as a candidate for the Princess Astarotte's harem. ''Lotte no Omocha!'' began its serialization run in the July 2007 issue of '' Denge ...

'' * Zelda Schiff, Head Librarian in ''

The Magicians (U.S. TV series) ''The Magicians'' is an American fantasy television series that aired on Syfy and is based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Lev Grossman. Michael London, Janice Williams, John McNamara, and Sera Gamble serve as executive producers. A 13- ...

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Zelda Spellman Zelda Phiona Spellman is a character featured in the Archie comic book ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch''. Zelda is a full witch (as opposed to half or fully mortal) who lives in the fictional town of Greendale (in the 1990s live-action sitcom, Zelda ...

, Sabrina's aunt in ''Sabrina, the Teenage Witch'' * Zelda Spooner, in Billy Wilder's 1964 comedy film ''

Kiss Me, Stupid ''Kiss Me, Stupid'' is a 1964 American sex comedy film produced and directed by Billy Wilder and starring Dean Martin, Kim Novak, and Ray Walston. The screenplay by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on the play ''L'ora della fantasia'' (''Th ...

'' * Zelda, the dog mascot of ''

Nickelodeon Magazine ''Nickelodeon Magazine'' is a defunct American children's magazine inspired by the children's television network Nickelodeon. Its first incarnation appeared in 1990 and was distributed at participating Pizza Hut restaurants; the version of the ma ...

'' * Zelda, the pet vulture in the 1964 TV series ''

The Addams Family ''The Addams Family'' is a fictional family created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. They originally appeared in a series of 150 unrelated single-panel cartoons, about half of which were originally published in ''The New Yorker'' over ...

Other uses

Zelda (turkey) Zelda was a female wild turkey that lived at the Battery, a park in New York City, between mid-2003 and c. September 26, 2014. Although flocks of wild turkeys are more common in the city's greener parts (including the Bronx's Pelham Bay Park an ...

, the wild turkey resident in Battery Park, Manhattan * Zelda (זלדה), Israel Defense Forces soldiers' nickname for the M113 Armored Personnel Carrier *

Typhoon Zelda The name Zelda has been used to name two tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific. * Tropical Storm Zelda (1991) Severe Tropical Storm Zelda was the last tropical cyclone of the 1991 Pacific typhoon season; it struck the Marshall Islands on ...