Talk:Brenda

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: Move. Jafeluv (talk) 01:14, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Brenda (given name) → Brenda — Private Eye's use of the name as a nickname for the queen does not seem important enough to justify a separate entry on a dab page, although we could include a brief mention of this in the article on the name, along with Stanley Baxter's "Duchess of Brenda" character. That leaves only two meanings, the enzyme database could be treated as a hatnote from this page. PatGallacher (talk) 14:29, 28 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Support, reasoning is sound. It seems unlikely someone would look up QEII by searching for "Brenda".  Powers T 18:54, 28 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Support per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. —   AjaxSmack   23:13, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
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Not only English
I think it's even much more common in Spanish speaking countries. Spanish speaking countries overtook this name, both in Europe and America to such extent, that e.g. in Mexico, among the young girls it's one of the most common given names. I believe it happened after BH90210 was aired for the first time, because it coincides with the age of the generation. See the Yellow Pages for example...

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All conjectures unlikely
We know that the name Brenda stems from the Norn language, but not much more. As a native Icelander who has studied mediaeval norse linguistics, I find it extremely unlikely that Brenda was devised as a male equivalent of Brandr, and not only because of the implied meaning of "penis". However, having had a very spirited young daughter by the name of Brynhildur, I can attest that it sounds *exactly* like "Brenda" when shouted aloud from the rooftops at the top of one's voice. Brynhildur (or Brynhildr in Old Norse) was always a popular name in the Norse cultural domain, although the Catholic Church in Iceland discouraged its use, along with all words and names with Pagan connotations, which is why Iceland does not have Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, but þriðjudagur, miðvikudagur, fimmtudagur and föstudagur. EliasHalldor (talk) 10:36, 18 April 2023 (UTC)