Kenda
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 23 babies a year in the US.
Kenda by the numbers
Kenda was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 80 babies in 1964, making it a 1960s name.
What we can tell you about Kenda
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 Kenda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kendraclear water; from a place name734 in the US (2017)
- Kennahandsome; from Kenneth403 in the US (2017)
- Kenyathe mountain; geographic place name287 in the US (2017)
- Kendalvalley of the river Kent122 in the US (2017)
- Kenzawell-born, noble; a form of Khanza26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendyvalley of the river Kent; a form of Kendall7 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kenda
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