Penda
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Penda by the numbers
Penda was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Penda
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 Penda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Pennyweaver; from penelope201 in England and Wales (2025)
- Perlapearl; spanish and italian form of Pearl343 in the US (2017)
- Petrastone, rock165 in the US (2017)
- Peninapearl21 in the US (2017)
- Pellastone; from the ancient macedonian city3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pennivariant of Penny; from Penelope or penny coin5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Penda
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