Given name & surname
Vonda
“a wanderer”
Vonda is a form of Wanda. One German interpretation is “a wanderer.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Russian use, Vonda carries the interpretation “a wanderer.” Vonda is a form of Wanda. One German interpretation is “a wanderer.” Its derivation is not certain.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Russian.
How it developed
Vonda is used as a form of Wanda.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1899. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Vonda is a form of Wanda. The history of Wanda gives this family its wider story. Wanda appears as a princess in Polish folk tales. The writer Ouida used it for the heroine of her 1883 novel Wanda, helping introduce the name to English-speaking readers.
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Vonda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,323
- 11 boys · 10,312 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 1,093 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 1,093 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,335 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.
Vonda’s family of names
Vonda is a form of Wanda. In English usage, Vonda has a conventional equivalent in the German form Wanda. Vonda has a related form in Vondah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Vondiavariant
- Vondellavariant
- Vondittavariant
- Vonndavariant
- Vondettavariant
- Vondivariant
- Vondanavariant
- Vondevariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vonda
- Vonda N. McIntyreAmerican science fiction writer (1948-2019)
- Vonda ShepardAmerican singer (born 1963)
- Vonda WardAmerican basketball player and boxerborn 1973
- Vonda PhelpsAmerican actress (1915-2004)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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