Vanda - Meaning of Vanda

What does Vanda mean?

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Vanda

[ 2 syll. van-da, va-nda ] The baby girl name Vanda is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced VAE-NDaa †.

1: Vanda has its origins in the African-Congo language. It is used largely in Czech and Italian. The name Vanda means 'braid; plaint'.

Forms of Vanda include the names Vandah, Vandana, Vande, Vandella, Vandetta, Vandi, Vanditta, and Vannda.

2: Vanda's origin is African-Mende. The meaning here is 'falling lightly like rain'.

In addition, Vanda is a form of the English, German, and Polish Wanda in the Armenian, Czech, English, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Slavic languages.

See also the related categories, congo, rain (dew), mende, italian, and czech.

Vanda is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Vanda include Vandi, Vandya, Vanitey, Venda, Vendaa, Vendae, Vendai, Ventanne, Vignet, Vignette, Vonda, Vygnet, Vygnete, Wanda, Vandita, Vanetta, Vanita, Vanitee, Vaniti, and Vanitty.

† English pronunciation for Vanda: V as in "vow (V.AW)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"