Name: Brenda
Gender: Female
Usage: Brenda, of norse origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Brenda are in general originating from Belgium, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Brenda across the world, see Brendan.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Brenda is: Sword.
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Numerology of the first name Brenda: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Brenda is ranked on the 159th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 3460200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.048% of the population. The name Brenda has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Brenda for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Brenda is 16 May.
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History and Origin
Brenda is a feminine given name in the English language.
Scottish, Irish, and (in the 20th century) English: of uncertain derivation. It seems to be of Scandinavian rather than Celtic origin (in spite of its similarity to Brendan), and may be a short form of various compound names containing the element brand (flaming) sword.
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31 January 2018
My name is Brenda, I always thought it meant fire.
Hmmmm.
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