Glenda is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “holy, fair and good.” In 2024 it was given to 24 girls in the United States.
Glenda belongs to the Spanish and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “holy, fair and good” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Glenda first appears in Social Security records in 1900. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #79 in 1944, and in 2024 24 babies received the name — 109,205 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Glenda means “holy, fair and good” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Glenda is a girl name. In 2024, 24 babies received the name in the US.
Glenda comes from the Spanish and English & American tradition.
Glenda first appears in US records in 1900. Its best-ever ranking was #79 in 1944, and 24 babies were given the name in 2024.
Glenda is pronounced /ˈɡlɛndə/ (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. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. 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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