Given name & surname
Kanda
“a magical woman”
Kanda is used as a given name and a surname. One Native American interpretation is “a magical woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “a magical woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kanda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 177
- 0 boys · 177 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 10 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 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 323 as a first name in 2020; 980 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kanda’s family of names
Kanda has a related form in Kandah. In Greek usage, Kanda as a surname is a transliteration of Κανδά.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Kanda, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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