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Velda - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Velda

[ 2 syll. vel-da, ve-lda ] The girl name Velda is pronounced VEHLDah †. Velda's language of origin is Old Norse and it is predominantly used in English. Velda is a variant form of the English Valda.

Velda is an uncommon baby name for girls. At the modest height of its usage in 1914, 0.017% of baby girls were named Velda. Its ranking then was #473. The baby name has since steeply dropped in popularity, and is of only irregular use today. Within all girl names in its group, Velda was nevertheless the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Velda include the English Valda, the name Valeda, the English Valette, the name Valida, the Italian Valletta, the Scandinavian Vilde, the English Violet, the French Violette, the Spanish, Romanian, and Slavic Violeta, and the Italian and Russian Violetta.

 



† Pronunciation for Velda: V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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