What do you think of brenda?

[kenandbarbie]

It's a family name I always hated and discounted, but I said it aloud today and it is growing on me. Thoughts?

It's old-fashioned and reminds me of a pub landlady

Yuk !!

I am in my mid 40s and was at school with a Brenda and it was old fashioned then, so no.

Haha that was what I always thought- that advert with Brenda and Audrey that used to be on years ago!!! It had started to grow on me, but it's too soon. I'll leave it for my grandchildren

well u cant use brennie for short cuz its longer thean brenda u absolute header BRENNIE is 7 letters. Brenda is 6

Both my mum and mil are called Brenda. My mum hates it so much that she told me it would be unforgivable to force it on any child I have!

I think it's awful, sorry!

I think the 1970s have called and they want their name back. Sorry!

Hate it and it may be due to the fact it's mil's name

Awful. Truely awful.

It's Private Eye's NN for the Queen

And the lovely Victoria Wood in Dinnerladies

And Brenda Blethyn

But no

Brenda is my mums name and when our DD was born there was absolutely no way I was using it even as a middle name. Sorry but it's clunky and not pretty at all.

Kendra has a similar sort of sound, if that's what you like about it.

I like it but not many will. Pleasantly retro. Belinda as an alternative?

Brenda is right up there with Hilda. Old fashioned names but not in a nice way.

I know a little Brenda and initially I was surprised but it really grew on me. She gets called Bren. It only sounds middle aged to people who are already pushing middle age

I don’t like it but perhaps it’s due a come back by now. Could be a good middle name I guess.

All the Brendas I know are in their 70s/80s. It's a name from the 1930s and one that should stay there. Lots of old fashioned names are making a comeback because they are lovely. This is not one of them.

It's the same as Edith, Evelyn and Ivy to me - dreadful.

wow
I knew my name was bad however the above comments are terrible 😉
I'm a Brenda, well it's actually Brenda-Lee. I'm called Bren, B, Breny.
It is an old name, hated it growing up!!
Growing on me now in my 40ies 😁

there were 8 baby Brenda's last year. (I may do a "who out of my family has the most popular name for babies" every year. Which is sad I know)

My first thought was Private Eye.

Brenda is an aging and slightly over weight tea lady in comfortable beige shoes.
She pushes the tea trolley around the office and sports a different, and often festive, apron everyday. She has impeccable taste in hair nets, curlers and little blue triangular hats.
She also has a cat called Foster and she loves talking about him... For literally hours...
She always smells faintly of deep heat, cat wee and lavendar.

(That's in my head by the way...)

A very ungainly-sounding name. Clumsy. Unattractive.