Glenda

Where Glenda comes from

Coined in the twentieth century from Welsh glân (“holy, fair”) and da (“good”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Glenda
  • Welsh
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1900
    First appearance
    #1,932 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1904
    Glenda Farrell born
    American actress
  3. 1936
    Glenda Jackson born
    British actress and politician
  4. 1944
    Peak, #79
    3,367 babies named Glenda — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #217.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Welsh.
Namesakes
  • Glenda Jackson · British actress and politician, 1936–2023
  • Glenda Farrell · American actress, 1904–1971
  • Glenda Morejón · Ecuadorian racewalker, born 2000
  • Glenda Gray · South African researcher, born 1962
  • Glenda Adams · Australian novelist and short story writer, 1939–2007

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.