Penda_(given_name)

Penda (given name)

Penda (given name)

Name list


Penda is a feminine given name of Senegalese origin. In the European Early Middle Ages, it was also a masculine name used in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.[1]

People

  • Penda of Mercia (died 655), a 7th-century king
  • Penda Hair, American civil rights lawyer
  • Penda Ly (born 1991), Senegalese beauty pageant titleholder
  • Penda Mbow (born 1955), Senegalese politician, historian, and activist
  • Penda Sy (born 1984), French-Senegalese basketball player

References

  1. Koch, John T. (2006). Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 60. ISBN 1851094407.

See also

  • Pænda (born 1989), Austrian singer

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