Blenda
given name · Latin script
Meaning: blende (a naturally-occurring sulfide of zinc)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈbɫɛndə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Blenda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 69K(inferred from the name graph)
- BRBrazil1 in 74K
- SESweden1 in 17K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 80 (measured from records)
- 1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
blende (a naturally-occurring sulfide of zinc)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Blenda counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 388K | — | Blenda | 1 |
| BR Brazil | 2,842 | 1 in 74K | 2.8K | Blenda | 80 |
| PH Philippines | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 69K | — | Blenda | 24 |
| US United States | 896 | 1 in 371K | 894 | Blenda | 78 |
| SE Sweden | 589 | 1 in 17K | 589 | — | 6 |
| HN Honduras | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 79K | — | Blenda | 3 |
| XK Kosovo | ≈87 est. | ≈1 in 22K | 538 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Blenda is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, Blenda är troligen ett uppdiktat namn, som förekommer i en småländsk sägen om den handlingskraftiga Värendskvinnan Blenda. Namnet finns också i en romantisk dikt av Erik Johan Stagnelius (1812). I den rikssvenska almanackan 27 maj.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Blanca, brillante
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
In Italian, zinc blende, sphalerite
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Polish, blind window
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, Blenda. Blenda ordeigaiagaz anstu ezkero, zin-ordeia sorzen da . GJaur Kimia 159.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Blenda Sylvanb. 1867SESwedish translator
- Blenda Björckb. 1885SESwedish politician
- Ester Blenda Nordströmb. 1891SESwedish writer and explorer
- Blenda Ljungbergb. 1907SESwedish politician (1907-1994)
- Blenda Brunob. 1911SESwedish actress
- Blenda Littmarckb. 1916SESwedish politician
- Gunilla Sandbergb. 1919SEnot in their usual nameSwedish lyricist
- Margareta Hegardtb. 1932SEnot in their usual nameSwedish diplomat (1932-2005)
- Blenda Gayb. 1950USmurdered American football player (1950-1976)
- Blenda Bartelsb. 1961BRBrazilian volleyball player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 30 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 2.8K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 2.8K | #4,043 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 2.7K | #4,932 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 2.7K | #2,238 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 894 | #13,462 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 589 | #2,483 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 538 | #1,097 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 257 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 102 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2003 | 53 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2002 | 52 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2004 | 46 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Blenda mean, and where does it come from?
- blende (a naturally-occurring sulfide of zinc) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Blenda?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɫɛndə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Blenda a male or female name?
- Blenda is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Blenda have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.6 thousand people named Blenda in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled blenda.
- Where is Blenda most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Blenda is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 17 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Blenda?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 2,842 people named Blenda in 2022, about 1 in 74 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Blenda?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/blendaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Blenda”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.