Penda

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Penda 1
Revisions 3. usages AND description are verified
Gender Masculine
Usage History, Anglo-Saxon

Meaning & History

Old English name of unknown origin. Penda was a 7th-century king of Mercia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is today the English Midlands.
Added 8/9/2006 by anonymous
Edited 7/20/2015 by SeaHorse15 and Frollein Gladys

Penda 2
not set
Gender Masculine
Usage African
Pronounced Pron. Penda like you say it.  [key]

Meaning & History

Penda is a shortend name of the Name Pendapala meaning "to be brave" or "be brave" in the ovomba language, indigeonous to the ovamo peolple of Namibia.

Penda directly translated for Oshi-wambo to english means Brave.
Added 9/8/2006 by Penda Ickua

Penda 3
3. usages AND description are verified
Gender Feminine
Usage African American
Pronounced Pron. PEN-da  [key]

Meaning & History

From the Swahili verb kupenda "to love, to like, to be pleasant".
Added 2/18/2018 by elbowin

Penda 4
not set
Gender Feminine
Usage Fula
Other Forms FormsPennda

Meaning & History

Given to the third child.
Added 2/18/2023 by latsukaabe

Penda 5
not set
Gender Masculine
Usage Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced Pron. PEN-duh(Old English)  [key]

Meaning & History

Anglo-Saxon name of unknown meaning, possibly of Brythonic origin.

Name of a famous king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.
Added 4/28/2024 by anonymous