Brenda

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Brenda is a female given name adopted from Old Norse brandr "sword". It is rarely a variant form of Brittany.

Brenda is a female name that can refer to:

*Brenda, character from "Perfect Hair Forever"
*Brenda, British nickname for Queen Elizabeth II; derived from a running joke in "Private Eye" magazine
*Brenda, nickname of Rope Girl, character from the animated Disney show "Teamo Supremo"
*Brenda Archer, Guyanese high jumper
*Brenda Barrett, character on the soap opera "General Hospital"
*Brenda Bates, character in "Urban Legend"
*Brenda Blethyn, English actress
*Brenda Bruce, English actress
*Brenda Bufalino, tap dancer
*Brenda Buttner, TV news
*Brenda Castillo, Dominican Republic volleyball player
*Brenda Davies, wife of Robertson Davies
*Brenda De Banzie, British actress of stage and screen
*Brenda Fassie, South African pop legend
*Brenda Fricker, Irish actress
*Brenda Gibbs, Australian actress
*Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, first female Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
*Brenda Joyce, American author
*Brenda Lee, American singer
*Brenda Maddox, biographer
*Brenda Marshall, American actress
*Brenda Pye, English artist
*Brenda Reimer, the name by which David Reimer was known until age 13
*Brenda Robertson, Canadian politician
*Brenda Russell, American singer/songwriter
*Brenda Schultz, Dutch tennis player
*Brenda Sue Schaefer, murder victim
*Brenda Song, American actress and singer, stars as London in "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody"
*Brenda Ann Spencer, American convicted murderer
*Brenda K. Starr, American singer
*Brenda Starr (comic strip), long-running comic strip
*Brenda Stauffer, field hockey player
*Brenda Strong, American actress
*Brenda Vaccaro, Italian-American actress
*Brenda Villa, Mexican-American polo player
*Brenda Walsh, character in "Beverly Hills 90210"

or:
*"BRENDA", a large database on enzymes