Given name
Glinda
“one who is good and fair”
Glinda is a variant of Glenda. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is good and fair.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Glinda is a variant of Glenda. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is good and fair.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Glinda is a variant of Glenda. An origin associated with Glenda is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1931. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Glinda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,547
- 0 boys · 2,547 girls
- Most popular year
- 1951
- 142 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 142 in 1951. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,818 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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