Glenda (given name)
Appearance
Pronunciation | /ˈɡlɛndə/ |
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Gender | Feminine |
Language(s) | English |
Origin | |
Word/name | possibly from Welsh / Irish language/gaelic glân'glan= "pure, clean" + da = "good"[1] |
Other names | |
Related names | Glenn (sometimes feminized to Glenna; associated by sound) |
Glenda (from Welsh glân 'pure, clean, holy' and da 'good')[1] is a feminine given name.
People
[edit]Notable people with the name include:
- Glenda (musician), Glenda López Exposito (born 1988), Cuban singer, songwriter, and flute player
- Glenda Adams (1939–2007), Australian author
- Glenda Collins (born 1943), English pop singer
- Glenda Farrell (1904–1971), American actress
- Glenda Gilmore (born 1949), American historian of the Southern United States
- Glenda Goertzen (born 1967), Canadian author
- Glenda Hatchett (born 1951), American television jurist known as "Judge Hatchett"
- Glenda Hood (born 1950), American politician
- Glenda Jackson (1936–2023), English actress and politician
- Glenda Linscott (born 1958), Australian actress
- Glenda Price, former president of Marygrove College
- Glenda Randerson (born 1949), New Zealand painter
- Glenda Slagg, fictional columnist in Private Eye
See also
[edit]- Glinda
- Glenys
- Glendora (feminization of Glendower)
- Gwenda (given name)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Glenda." Behind the Name. Mike Campbell. Retrieved 13 January 2013. <BehindtheName.com http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=glenda>.