Pendo
Pendo is a Kenyan drama television series that airs on NTV and premiered on 3 December 2014. The series is written by Grace Danile and produced and distributed by DIL Pictures.
- Swahili
Meaning & Origin of Pendo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pendo is a Kenyan drama television series that airs on NTV and premiered on 3 December 2014. The series is written by Grace Danile and produced and distributed by DIL Pictures.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swahili
The Story of Pendo
Pendo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2022, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 5 Pendos were born — ranking #15,292 that year. As of 2026, Pendo ranks #15,292 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 5 Pendos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2020s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Pendo
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Pendo. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Upendo
Names that sound like Pendo
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About the name Pendo
Pendo is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2022 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Pendo's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #15,292. Use the chart and map above to compare Pendo'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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