What does Belinda mean?
HEDGE: origin uncertain. Commonly explained as coined from Italian bella 'beautiful' plus a suffix, which is why it is read as 'beautiful'. An alternative traces it to Old High German Betlinde, with a second element lind 'soft/tender' or possibly 'serpent/linden', in which case 'beautiful' would be folk-etymology.
What does Kiara mean?
Etymologically a variant of Italian Chiara, from Latin 'clara' meaning 'bright, clear'. In English-speaking use the identical spelling overlaps with the Irish Ciara (from 'ciar', dark), producing a genuine opposite-meaning clash: the Italian root means 'bright' while the Irish association means 'dark'.