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Zelda at a glance
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- Girl
- Origin
- Indian German Hebrew Latin Old German
- Western numerology
- 3
- Indian numerology
- 2
- Characters
- 5
- Popular
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Zelda is a baby name with Indian, German, Hebrew, Latin, Old German context. Parents can review its meaning, origin, numerology, sibling ideas, and similar names before adding it to a shortlist. The recorded meaning is Abbreviation of Grizelda: Gray; Diminutive of Griselda: From the Old German, meaning 'grey battle' or; gray haired; gray warrior; gray-haired.
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