Fonda
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.
Fonda by the numbers
Its American peak was 181 babies in 1963, making it a 1960s name.
What we can tell you about Fonda
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Fonda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Fionafair or white1,672 in the US (2017)
- Fridapeaceful ruler; from Frithuric414 in the US (2017)
- Fennaprepared or ready; a form of Fenia26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fionnafair or white; feminine form of Fionn25 in the US (2017)
- Fredapeaceful ruler; a form of Frederica11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Frydapeace; variant spelling of Frieda8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Fonda
Names that are said the same way as Fonda, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Fonda
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