Glenda
A unisex name of Welsh origin, meaning fair and good; from glen and da.
Babies a year
24
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Glenda by the numbers
Glenda was given to 24 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 4,215 babies in 1950, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Glenda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean beauty
Like Glenda, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Glenda, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Glenda
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