THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Glenda
Glenda is recorded as a female given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Glenda. Quoted root glosses describe elements in the etymology, not an automatic translation of the complete personal name.
Pronunciation & syllables
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English
- /ˈɡlɛndə/
- /ˈɡlɪ̟ndə/Southern US, African-American Vernacular, pin–pen merger
Glen · da2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Glenda, from Welsh, from glân (“holy, fair”) and da (“good”).
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Glenda (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
Coined in the twentieth century from Welsh glân (“holy, fair”) and da (“good”).
A female given name from Welsh.
Wiktionary: Glenda (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
From English Glenda, from Welsh, from glân (“holy, fair”) and da (“good”).
a female given name, equivalent to English Glenda
Wiktionary: Glenda (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Glenda in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Glenda
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Brenda♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Glen·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Glenn♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Glona♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Gonda·Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Gunda♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Linda♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Wenda·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Glenda?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Recorded combinations with Glenda
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Glenda (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Glenda (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Glenda (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.