Name Brenda

Origin:

From a Old Norse word for sword

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About the name Brenda in particular

Gender:	female
Languages of use:	English, Irish
Topics:	Asteroid 1609 Brenda, discovered 1951, diameter 29.64 km, period 19.46 years
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Brendan, Brenna, Arend, Arendt, Beda, Bende, Blanda, Braida, Brana, Brand Details

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About Brenda, the group of names with the same origin as Brenda

Language of origin:	Old Norse
Info about origin:	used first in Scotland and Ireland; in England only since the 20th century
	maybe a short from of a lost name with the starting element Brand
	sometimes seen as a female form of Brendan
Words:	brand = the sword Old Norse
Topics:	Short form
Variants' top ranks:	16:Brenda England+Wales 1934
Somehow related to:	Brandt, Brendan

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