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Landa
How to Pronounce Landa
Pronounced LAN-duh /ˈlændə/Medium
Meaning: Landa is best read as a clipped form of longer names ending in -landa, such as Yolanda or Rolanda, taking the tail as a name in its own right. It also coincides with the Spanish and Basque word 'landa', 'field' or 'land'. Its meaning follows whichever parent a family had in mind, so it is treated with modest confidence.Low
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History & Origin
Landa took shape as a short form drawn from the -landa ending of names like Yolanda and Rolanda, a common way of turning a favourite ending into its own name. It also lines up with 'landa', the Spanish and Basque word for 'field' or open land.
The name was never common, drawing only a couple dozen girls a year at its high around 1948 before fading. A woman named Landa then would be of a grandmother's generation; the name reads as a spare, warm rarity, most at home alongside its fuller parents Yolanda and Rolanda.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Landa mean?
It is a short form of names like Yolanda or Rolanda, and also matches the Spanish word for 'field'.
How do you pronounce Landa?
It's said LAN-duh /ˈlændə/, two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Landa a boy or girl name?
Landa is used as a girl's name.
Is Landa a popular name?
No, it has always been rare, a short form used lightly around the mid-twentieth century.