Belinda is from the Italian bella (beautiful) + the Germanic lind (gentle, soft) — popularized by Alexander Pope's mock-epic *The Rape of the Lock* (1712), in which Belinda is the heroine. **A top-300 US baby name from 1956 to 1979**. **Belinda Carlisle (born 1958)** — **American singer; lead vocalist of the Go-Go's (1978-1985, 1990-present) — the first all-female rock band ever to top the US *Billboard* 200 chart with songs written and performed entirely by women (*Beauty and the Beat*, 1981)**. **Her 1987 solo single "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" reached #1 on the *Billboard* Hot 100**. **Belinda Carlisle and the Go-Go's were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021**. **Belinda (born Belinda Peregrín, 1989)** — **Spanish-Mexican singer, songwriter, and actress; called "the Princess of Latin Pop"; her 2003 debut album was certified 9x Platinum in Mexico**. **Two-time Latin Grammy winner; coach on *La Voz México* (2018-2020)**. **Belinda Bauer** — British crime novelist (*Snap*, 2018 Man Booker longlist).
Featured throughout 1980s-2020s pop music.
Belinda reduces to eight — the number of Heaven on Earth.