Discovered 1908 Jan. 4 by A. Kopff at Heidelberg.

Named by Elia Millosevich with the permission of the discoverer in honor of Zelinda, sister of the famous Italian mathematician Ulisse Dini (1845–1918). Dini was a good friend of Millosevich. (Mem. Soc. Spettrosc. Italiani, Vol. XXXVII, 1908 (E. Colombini))