Brenda is a girl's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “sword.” In 2024 it was given to 212 girls in the United States.
Brenda belongs to the Irish & Celtic and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “sword” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Brenda first appears in Social Security records in 1897. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #11 in 1961, and in 2024 212 babies received the name — 608,331 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Brenda means “sword” in its Irish and Celtic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Brenda is a girl name. In 2024, 212 babies received the name in the US.
Brenda comes from the Irish & Celtic and English & American tradition.
Brenda first appears in US records in 1897. Its best-ever ranking was #11 in 1961, and 212 babies were given the name in 2024.
Brenda is pronounced /ˈbɹɛndə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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