Given name & surname
Menda
“having great knowledge”
Menda is a variant of Minda. One Native American and Hindi interpretation is “having great knowledge.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Menda is a variant of Minda. One Native American and Hindi interpretation is “having great knowledge.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Menda is a variant of Minda. Minda has been associated with Native American and Hindi naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1940. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Menda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 0 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 1940
- 6 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 1966. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 123 as a first name in 2020; 230 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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