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
Grammatical form

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

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.