Olinda

Where Olinda comes from

Olinda hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #1,024 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1894
    Olinda Bozán born
    Argentine actress
  3. 1895
    Peak, #893
    13 babies named Olinda — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,679.
  5. 1946
    Olinda Beja born
    São Tomé and Príncipe poet, writer and narrator
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Olinda Beja · São Tomé and Príncipe poet, writer and narrator, born 1946
  • Olinda Bozán · Argentine actress, 1894–1977
  • Olinda Castielle · Swedish television personality, born 1976
  • Olinda Silvano · Shipibo artist in Peru, born 1969
  • Olinda Chávez Callirgos · Peruvian teacher and playwright of the 20th century

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.