Glenda (given name) explained
Glenda |
Gender: | Feminine |
Language: | English |
Origin: | possibly from Welsh / Irish language/gaelic glân'glan= "pure, clean" + da = "good"[1] |
Related Names: | Glenn (sometimes feminized to Glenna; associated by sound) |
Glenda 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, former president of Marygrove College
- Glenda Randerson (born 1949), New Zealand painter
- Glenda Slagg, fictional columnist in Private Eye
See also
References
- "Glenda." Behind the Name. Mike Campbell. Retrieved 13 January 2013. .