Penda is a feminine given name of Senegalese origin. In the European Early Middle Ages, it was also a masculine name used in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
People Penda of Mercia (died 655), a 7th-century king Penda Hair, American civil rights lawyer Penda Ly (born 1991), Senegalese beauty pageant titleholder Penda Mbow (born 1955), Senegalese politician, historian, and activist Penda Sy (born 1984), French-Senegalese basketball player
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See also Pænda (born 1989), Austrian singer