Entry № 7828 · Iroquois origin

Orenda Orenda — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ oh-REN-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Iroquois
Meaning
"Spiritual life force (Iroquois sacred concept)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Iroquois)

A name that means "spiritual life force (iroquois sacred concept)".

Orenda is from the Huron/Iroquois — referring to the sacred spiritual life force inherent in all things. Orenda Records — Canadian record label. Princess Orenda — modern naming.

Spiritual life force (Iroquois).

The name in its native script.

Orenda
Transliteration
Orenda
Pronunciation
/ oʊˈrɛn.dɑː /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Orenda stands.

Orenda does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Orendas before her.

Real people

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In fiction
The Orenda
Joseph Boyden's iconic 2013 novel.
2013

Names connected to Orenda.

The number behind Orenda.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Orenda reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.