Glenda

Feminine form of Glenn, English, Scottish

"valley"

Glenda Origin and Meaning

The name Glenda is a girl's name of Scottish, English origin meaning "valley".

Part nature name, part mid-century favorite, Glenda came into use in the 20th century as a feminine form of Scottish Glenn, likely inspired by Linda and Wanda too. While Glenn would give it the meaning "valley", if you do consider it a smoosh name with Linda, Wanda, or Brenda, you get means such as "beautiful valley", "tender valley", "Wend's valley", "sword valley" or "fire valley".

Could Glenda rise back up the charts as a clunky cool option? Perhaps one day, but with around 20 girls called Glenda in each recent year, it hasn't yet begun to climb.

Glenda Rank in US Top 1000

# 900 in the US

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Famous People Named Glenda

• Glenda May Jackson English actress & politician
• Glenda Farrell American actress
• Glenda Collins English pop singer
• Glenda Gilmore American historian of the American South
• Glenda R. Taylor American scholar and poet
• Glenda Hatchett American television judge
• Glenda Emilie Adams Australian novelist
• Glenda Linscott Rhodesian,Australian actress
• Glenda Dorothy Randerson New Zealand painter
• Glenda Evans Hood American politician from Florida
• Glenda Linscott English Australian actress
• Glenda Goertzen Canadian children's author

The name Glenda in Pop Culture

• "Glen or Glenda " 1953 film about the transsexual main character
• Glenda Mitchell character on British soap "EastEnders"
• Glenda Farrell character on TV's "One Tree Hill"
• Glenda character in film "Hick"
• Glenda Slagg parodic columnist in British satirical magazine Private Eye