Grenda
Grenda is a Polish surname. According to the Dictionary of American Family Names, it is a variant of the Polish surname Grzęda, meaning "perch", "roost", or "patch of land".
Meaning & Origin of Grenda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Grenda is a Polish surname. According to the Dictionary of American Family Names, it is a variant of the Polish surname Grzęda, meaning "perch", "roost", or "patch of land".
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The Story of Grenda
The earliest SSA record of Grenda as a baby girl name dates back to 1945, when 5 babies received it. 1964 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Grenda — #4,634 in the national rankings. About 52% of every Grenda on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Grenda last appeared in the published SSA data in 1968, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 77 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Grenda
Grenda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1945 and has accumulated 77 births in the dataset. Grenda's peak popularity came in 1964 when it ranked #4,634. Use the chart and map above to compare Grenda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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