Clarinda as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Clarinda

What is the meaning of the name Clarinda ?

The baby name Clarinda is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /kləˈrɪndə/ (kluh-RIN-də).

Clarinda is in Origin.

Clarinda is a Latinate elaboration built on the Roman root clarus ("clear, bright, renowned"), most often interpreted as an extended form of Clara by analogy with Lucinda and Belinda. The -inda ending became fashionable in early modern Iberian and English naming, helping Clarinda circulate in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds as well as Scotland and England. The name conveys a luminous, distinguished quality, with meanings glossed as "bright," "clear," or "famous for clarity."

Documented since the 1600s, Clarinda appears as the pen name of a Peruvian poet (Discurso en loor de la poesía, c.1608) and as Robert Burns's affectionate name for Agnes McLehose in their 1780s correspondence. It saw modest 18th-19th-century use in Britain and the United States, and remains familiar in Iberia and Latin America. Variants and cognates include Clara, Clarissa, Clarine/Clarina; Portuguese masculine Clarindo; diminutives Clary and Rinda. Note: Clorinda is a separate literary name.