Penda (given name)

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.

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