Brenda Forename
310th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,003,966 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands
Brenda Forename Definition:
A female name. this is a Shetland name, possibly a f. form of the common Norse Brand, which is still current in Iceland, and was in use in England until the 12th C. The present wide diffusion of the name Brenda is probably due to Scott’s use of it for one of the two heroines of his novel The Pirate (1821).
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 847,531 | 1:428 | 69 |
| Mexico | 100% | 211,843 | 1:586 | 118 |
| Kenya | 100% | 121,032 | 1:383 | 62 |
| Brazil | 100% | 106,553 | 1:2,011 | 313 |
| England | 100% | 104,186 | 1:534 | 118 |
| Uganda | 100% | 80,236 | 1:510 | 99 |
| Canada | 100% | 79,895 | 1:415 | 66 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 57,611 | 1:280 | 46 |
| Malawi | 99% | 50,956 | 1:336 | 60 |
| Zambia | - | 50,664 | 1:313 | 52 |
| Philippines | 99% | 40,846 | 1:2,595 | 510 |
| South Africa | 100% | 38,439 | 1:1,419 | 211 |
| Honduras | 100% | 16,916 | 1:521 | 84 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 14,396 | 1:1,174 | 259 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 11,569 | 1:520 | 89 |
| Australia | - | 7,818 | 1:1,747 | 342 |
| El Salvador | - | 7,689 | 1:825 | 146 |
| Peru | 100% | 7,082 | 1:4,489 | 688 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 7,044 | 1:7,494 | 1,088 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 6,772 | 1:524 | 101 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 6,594 | 1:4,580 | 607 |
| Scotland | 100% | 6,219 | 1:860 | 177 |
| Chile | 100% | 6,008 | 1:2,931 | 374 |
| New Zealand | - | 5,265 | 1:862 | 201 |
| Wales | 100% | 5,077 | 1:609 | 144 |
| Ireland | 100% | 4,950 | 1:938 | 179 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 4,827 | 1:36,786 | 3,017 |
| Ecuador | - | 4,802 | 1:3,692 | 479 |
| Argentina | 100% | 4,490 | 1:9,526 | 639 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4,326 | 1:6,238 | 726 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 4,086 | 1:3,775 | 622 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,725 | 1:2,800 | 444 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3,608 | 1:13,242 | 1,065 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 3,430 | 1:537 | 130 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 3,384 | 1:3,360 | 662 |
| Spain | 100% | 3,287 | 1:14,156 | 932 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 3,250 | 1:2,508 | 292 |
| Sudan | 100% | 3,173 | 1:11,915 | 1,375 |
| Congo | 100% | 3,027 | 1:1,655 | 265 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2,779 | 1:7,776 | 1,028 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,740 | 1:4,193 | 690 |
| Angola | 100% | 2,294 | 1:11,755 | 1,288 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 2,260 | 1:1,517 | 234 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 2,198 | 1:4,823 | 741 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2,013 | 1:2,369 | 405 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,867 | 1:16,310 | 1,684 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,767 | 1:1,632 | 389 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 1,685 | 1:43,815 | 2,971 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,621 | 1:2,410 | 487 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,493 | 1:267 | 39 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,471 | 1:175,366 | 17,479 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,378 | 1:988 | 171 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,340 | 1:22,994 | 3,005 |
| Gabon | - | 1,042 | 1:1,807 | 421 |
| India | 100% | 938 | 1:1,295,179 | 77,916 |
| Barbados | - | 881 | 1:329 | 67 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 852 | 1:682 | 139 |
| Namibia | - | 745 | 1:3,227 | 549 |
| Egypt | 100% | 716 | 1:128,353 | 5,438 |
| Guyana | 100% | 687 | 1:1,111 | 167 |
| China | - | 686 | 1:1,991,335 | 42,572 |
| Tonga | - | 679 | 1:158 | 36 |
| Thailand | 100% | 668 | 1:104,889 | 8,718 |
| Germany | 100% | 645 | 1:149,888 | 2,663 |
| Belize | 100% | 631 | 1:562 | 64 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 572 | 1:36,362 | 4,240 |
| Hong Kong | - | 484 | 1:16,018 | 1,546 |
| Singapore | 100% | 483 | 1:13,017 | 2,564 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 444 | 1:191 | 64 |
| France | 100% | 402 | 1:165,349 | 2,941 |
| Saint Martin | - | 384 | 1:93 | 26 |
| Vanuatu | - | 371 | 1:706 | 186 |
| Botswana | 100% | 322 | 1:6,784 | 1,080 |
| Israel | 100% | 318 | 1:26,424 | 2,205 |
| Swaziland | - | 308 | 1:4,221 | 796 |
| Italy | 100% | 304 | 1:200,862 | 2,873 |
| Cuba | - | 301 | 1:38,228 | 1,360 |
| Portugal | - | 295 | 1:35,291 | 1,384 |
| Liberia | 99% | 289 | 1:15,267 | 1,158 |
| Suriname | 100% | 247 | 1:2,238 | 528 |
| Poland | 100% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 236 | 1:100,719 | 11,931 |
| Samoa | - | 228 | 1:856 | 261 |
| Cambodia | 57% | 218 | 1:74,648 | 3,818 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 215 | 1:827 | 120 |
| Malta | - | 210 | 1:2,045 | 387 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 208 | 1:528 | 80 |
| Bahrain | - | 207 | 1:6,515 | 1,046 |
| Romania | 100% | 177 | 1:113,288 | 4,811 |
| Fiji | - | 173 | 1:5,158 | 1,243 |
| Sweden | 100% | 173 | 1:56,982 | 2,887 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 166 | 1:49,479 | 2,194 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 150 | 1:47,680 | 4,316 |
| Grenada | 100% | 147 | 1:736 | 127 |
| Jersey | 100% | 135 | 1:741 | 172 |
| Bermuda | - | 131 | 1:495 | 75 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 130 | 1:858 | 109 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 128 | 1:777 | 122 |
| Aruba | - | 125 | 1:830 | 155 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 125 | 1:439 | 49 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 124 | 1:494 | 68 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 115 | 1:62,929 | 2,048 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 110 | 1:842 | 205 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 109 | 1:7,992 | 768 |
| French Polynesia | - | 108 | 1:2,573 | 542 |
| Denmark | - | 97 | 1:58,242 | 2,092 |
| Guam | - | 94 | 1:1,709 | 379 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 93 | 1:60,512 | 2,560 |
| Kuwait | - | 85 | 1:44,533 | 4,106 |
| Norway | 100% | 85 | 1:60,380 | 2,326 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 81 | 1:675 | 115 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 75 | 1:417 | 33 |
| Qatar | 100% | 74 | 1:32,022 | 4,280 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 64 | 1:542 | 89 |
| Czechia | 98% | 62 | 1:171,874 | 1,478 |
| Russia | 100% | 62 | 1:2,326,350 | 14,884 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 61 | 1:4,429 | 651 |
| Marshall Islands | 97% | 55 | 1:931 | 100 |
| Japan | - | 51 | 1:2,509,531 | 21,420 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 50 | 1:3,887,154 | 41,005 |
| Greece | 100% | 49 | 1:223,154 | 4,334 |
| Haiti | - | 44 | 1:243,794 | 10,351 |
| Iraq | 100% | 43 | 1:814,369 | 7,317 |
| Dominica | - | 42 | 1:1,797 | 295 |
| Kosovo | - | 35 | 1:53,184 | 3,898 |
| Estonia | 100% | 34 | 1:38,688 | 2,486 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 30 | 1:442 | 26 |
| American Samoa | - | 29 | 1:1,926 | 312 |
| South Korea | - | 28 | 1:198,015 | 7,592 |
| Guernsey | - | 26 | 1:2,436 | 374 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Albania | 100% | 18 | 1:169,254 | 9,529 |
| Vietnam | - | 18 | 1:5,145,728 | 3,613 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 17 | 1:343 | 95 |
| Austria | 100% | 16 | 1:532,138 | 4,883 |
| Curaçao | - | 16 | 1:9,738 | 620 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Finland | 100% | 15 | 1:365,546 | 4,839 |
| Georgia | - | 15 | 1:249,231 | 6,179 |
| Turkey | 100% | 15 | 1:5,186,781 | 23,029 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Afghanistan | - | 13 | 1:2,509,501 | 20,196 |
| Benin | 100% | 13 | 1:813,526 | 22,290 |
| Macau | - | 13 | 1:46,785 | 540 |
| Nauru | 100% | 13 | 1:917 | 142 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Croatia | - | 8 | 1:527,134 | 5,786 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 6 | 1:524 | 108 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 6 | 1:340,000 | 19,758 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Iceland | - | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Senegal | - | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Jordan | 100% | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Latvia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Pitcairn Islands | - | 1 | 1:52 | 1 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Brënda (1) & Brëndä (2) are calculated separately.
Brenda (6,174) may also be a surname.
Brenda Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. this is a Shetland name, possibly a f. form of the common Norse Brand, which is still current in Iceland, and was in use in England until the 12th C. The present wide diffusion of the name Brenda is probably due to Scott’s use of it for one of the two heroines of his novel The Pirate (1821).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Probably the f. of Brand. ‘The sword figures in northern and German nomenclature as Brand;... not from the verb to burn (cf., however, Weekley), but from brandr, an elastic (? pliable) staff, transferred to the blade of a sword. It would also mean the staff of a bow,’ Yonge. Scott chose Brenda, originally of Zetland, to designate one of Magnus Troil’s daughters in The Pirate, as Helena Swan reminds me.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Celtic (feminine) - Dark-haired (bran, raven).
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Teutonic name, meaning: A flaming sword.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Brenda Forename Popularity
Brenda Demographics
Brenda Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 179,325 (2014)
United States
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Brenda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brenda in the Russian language | ||
| Бренда | brenda | - |
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