Brenda

Scottish

"blade of a sword"

Brenda Origin and Meaning

The name Brenda is a girl's name of Celtic origin meaning "blade of a sword".

First the heroine of Sir Walter Scott's 1822 novel The Pirate, then a glamorous 1940s debutante, then the troubled twin on Beverly Hills 90210, and now fading in favor of more modern Brenna, Briana, and Bryn. Much more likely to be worn by a mother or grandmother these days. The song "Brenda's Got a Baby" was late rap megastar Tupac's debut single.

Brenda Rank in US Top 1000

# 915 in the US

Brenda Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1544 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Brenda

• 915 US 2017
• 1544 Nameberry 2025
• 292 Unique 2023
• 173 Mexico 2021

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Famous People Named Brenda

• Brenda Chapman American director
• Brenda Irene Isabelle Frances Theresa Dean Paul English actress and socialite
• Brenda Lee (born Brenda Mae Tarpley) American pop singer
• Brenda Anne Blethyn English actress
• Brenda Song American actress
• Brenda Lee Strong American actress
• Brenda Diana Duff Frazier American socialite
• Brenda Joyce (born Betty Graftina Leabo) American actress
• Brenda Marshall (born Ardis Ankerson) American actress
• Brenda Fricker Irish actress
• Brenda Ann Benet American actress
• Brenda Buell Vaccaro American actress
• Brenda Irene Dickson American actress
• Brenda Bruce English actress
• Brenda Buttner American TV journalist
• Brenda Doreen Mignon de Banzie English actress
• Brenda Venus American model and actress
• Brenda Anne Marie Schultz McCarthy, Dutch tennis player
• Brenda Lea Turnbaugh American actress; twin sister Wendi Turnbaugh
• Brenda Jean Bakke American actress
• Brenda Novak American romance novelist
• Brenda Fagundes Brazilian Model
• Brenda Milner British neuropsychologist

The name Brenda in Pop Culture

• "Brenda Starr Reporter," comic strip and film
• Brenda Walsh character on TV's "Beverly Hills 90210"
• Brenda Leigh Johnson main character on TV's "The Closer"
• Brenda Tony Last's unfaithful wife in "A Handful of Dust" (1934) by Evelyn Waugh
• Brenda Montgomery character on French,Canadian parody soap "Le coeur a ses raisons"
• Brenda Jenkins character on TV's "227"
• Brenda Meeks character from "Scary Movie"
• Brenda a character in "The Scorch Trials"
• "Brenda's Got a Baby " song by Tupac Shakur