"Zelda" from "Legend Of Zelda" is named after Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Creator Shigeru Miyamoto has stated that her name was inspired by the name of Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald.[4] Ben Reeves of Game Informer explained that the "name Zelda (alternately Selda or Segula) might not be used much anymore, but this old Yiddish name means "blessed, happy, or lucky."[5] @Curionic

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