Linda is an English feminine given name, derived from the Spanish word , meaning "pretty." Linda may also refer to:

Names

Linda (given name) Linda is an English feminine given name that has been widespread in the English-speaking world since the end of the nineteenth century. Etymology The German name ''Linde'' was originally an abbreviated form of older names such as ''Dietlinde'' and ...

, a female given name (including a list of people and fictional characters so named) * Linda (singer) (born 1977), stage name of Svetlana Geiman, a Russian singer * Miss Linda, long-time manager and wife of Welsh wrestler Adrian Street

Surname

Anita Linda Anita Linda (born Alice Bueñaflor Lake; November 23, 1924 – June 10, 2020), was a Filipino actress whose career spanned nearly eight decades and had done close to 400 motion pictures. A romantic lead in her early years, she gained wides ...

(born Alice Lake, 1924–2020), Filipino film actress *

Bogusław Linda Bogusław Linda (; born 27 June 1952) is a Polish actor known from films such as ''Pigs (1992 film), Psy'' and ''Tato''. He appeared in Andrzej Wajda's ''Man of Iron'' and ''Danton (1983 film), Danton'' and in Krzysztof Kieślowski's ''Blind Chan ...

(born 1952), Polish actor *

La Prieta Linda Enriqueta "Queta" Jiménez Chabolla (4 July 1922 – 21 September 2021), known by her stage name La Prieta Linda ("The Beautiful Dark-skinned Woman"), was a Mexican singer and actress. Early life La Prieta Linda was born on 4 July 1922 in Sala ...

(1933–2021), Mexican singer and actress * Sarah Linda (born 1987), British actress and model *

Solomon Linda Solomon Popoli Linda OIG (19098 September 1962), also known as Solomon Ntsele ("Linda" was his clan name),Gilmore, Inigo"Penniless sisters fight record industry over father's hit song" ''The Telegraph'' (UK), 11 June 2000. was a South African ...

(1909–1962), South African Zulu musician, singer and composer who wrote the song "Mbube" which later became "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"

Places

Linda, Tasmania Linda is the site of an old ghost town in the Linda Valley in the West Coast Range of Tasmania, Australia. It has also been known as ''Linda Valley''. North Mount Lyell There had been a location or community high on the ridge between Mount Owen ...

, Australia, a ghost town *

Linda Valley Linda Valley is a valley in the West Coast Range (Tasmania), West Coast Range of Tasmania. It was earlier known as the Vale of Chamouni. It is located between Mount Owen, Tasmania, Mount Owen and Mount Lyell, Tasmania, Mount Lyell. Human settle ...

, Tasmania * Linda, Georgia, a village in Abkhazia * Linda, Bashkortostan, Russia, a village *

Linda, California Linda (Spanish for "Pretty") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yuba County, California, United States. The population was 21,654 at the 2020 census, up from 17,773 at the 2010 census. Linda is located north-northwest of Olivehurst. Geograp ...

, United States, a census-designated place * Linda, Missouri, United States, a ghost town * 7169 Linda, an asteroid * Linda, a small lunar crater - see

Delisle (crater) Delisle is a small Lunar craters, lunar impact crater in the western part of the Mare Imbrium. It was named after French astronomer Joseph-Nicolas Delisle. It lies to the north of the crater Diophantus (crater), Diophantus, and just to the north ...

Music

* ''Linda'' (Linda George album), 1974 * ''Linda'' (Linda Clifford album), 1977 * ''Linda'' (Miguel Bosé album), 1978 * "Linda" (1946 song), a popular song written by Jack Lawrence * "Linda" (Pooh song), 1976, later covered by Miguel Bosé * "

Linda (Tokischa and Rosalía song) "Linda" () is a song recorded by Dominican rapper Tokischa and Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalía. Written by both performers alongside Leonardo Felipe Yasmil and El Kagueto del Guetto, and produced by Leo RD alongside Rosalía, the track was rel ...

", 2021 * "Linda", a song by Ann Ronnell, written for the 1945 film '' The Story of G.I. Joe'' * "Linda", a song by

Netón Vega Luis Ernesto Vega Carvajal, known professionally as Netón Vega, is a Mexican singer-songwriter from La Paz, Baja California Sur. He is known for his songwriting on "Rubicon" and " La People", taken from Peso Pluma's album '' Génesis'' (2023), ...

and Tito Double P, 2024

Fiction

* ''Linda'' (1929 film), an American film * ''Linda'' (1960 film), a British teen drama * ''Linda'' (1973 film), a TV movie directed by Jack Smight * ''Linda'' (1993 film), starring Richard Thomas and Virginia Madsen *

Linda (Sesame Street) Linda Bove is a Deaf American actress, her most notable role being a fictionalized version of herself in the PBS children's series '' Sesame Street'' from 1971 to 2002. Bove was the first Deaf actress to be a member of the program's recurring ...

, a character appearing in Sesame Street * ''Linda'' (TV series), a Hungarian action adventure series * "Linda", a poem by Patti Smith from her 1972 book '' Seventh Heaven''

Other uses

* Tropical Storm Linda, various hurricanes, cyclones and storms * ''Linda'' (magazine), a Dutch magazine * ''Linda'' (Estonian magazine) (1887–1905), a feminist literary magazine in Estonia * ''Linda'' (beetle), a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae *

Linda (coordination language) In computer science, Linda is a coordination model that aids communication in parallel computing environments. Developed by David Gelernter, it is meant to be used alongside a full-fledged computation language like Fortran or C where Linda's r ...