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In my case it was for my dad. His name was Glen, my mother said she was leaving the hospital with a Glen if she had to put DA for daddy on the end of the name.
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I don't think it's likely that Glenda was originally created from the Welsh words. I think it was created as a conscious or unconscious blend of names like Glenna and Brenda and was reinterpreted with the Welsh meaning later.
There is no particular connection with Wales found with the earliest examples in either the UK or USA censuses. The earliest sure example in the UK census is Glenda Day, born 1864 in Somerset. The earliest Welsh example is Glenda Dorren Parry, born 1910 in Monmouthshire.
The earliest possible Glenda in the USA census is Glenda Boswell of Indiana, born 1856, listed as "Glendy" in the 1860 census and "Glenda" in the 1870 census. [noted -ed]
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There is no particular connection with Wales found with the earliest examples in either the UK or USA censuses. The earliest sure example in the UK census is Glenda Day, born 1864 in Somerset. The earliest Welsh example is Glenda Dorren Parry, born 1910 in Monmouthshire.
The earliest possible Glenda in the USA census is Glenda Boswell of Indiana, born 1856, listed as "Glendy" in the 1860 census and "Glenda" in the 1870 census. [noted -ed]
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