Glenda (given name)

Glenda

Pronunciation	/ˈɡlɛndə/
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

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 (born 1939), American educator and former president of Marygrove College
• Glenda Randerson (born 1949), New Zealand painter
• Glenda Slagg, fictional columnist in Private Eye

See also

• Glinda
• Glenys
• Glendora (feminization of Glendower)
• Gwenda (given name)

References

1. "Glenda." Behind the Name. Mike Campbell. Retrieved 13 January 2013. <BehindtheName.com http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=glenda>.