Clarinda

Clarinda was the pen name used by an anonymous Peruvian poet, generally assumed to be a woman, who wrote in the early 17th Century. The only work attributed to her is the long poem 'Discourse in Praise of Poetry (Discurso en loor de la poesía)', which was printed in Seville in 1608. She is one of very few female, Spanish-speaking colonial-period poets whose work has not been lost. Thus, she is often read in partnership with Mexico's Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and fellow Peruvian "Amarilis", whose identity is also uncertain.

Clarinda Sinnige is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who played 142 international matches for the Dutch National Women's Team.

This was the name of a daughter of an Australian politician and NSW premier Henry Parkes (1815-96).

She was a love of Scottish poet Robert Burns whom he met and corresponded with in Edinburgh. A classic name.