Girl
Lawanda
As a girl's name, Lawanda is understood to mean "Modern coinage, elaboration of Wanda". It seems to have quietly disappeared from birth records after the 1970s. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. The name's best year yet was 1977.
EtymologyModern coinage, elaboration of Wanda
GermanicGermanic "wander" or Slavic "the Wend"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
22
1920s
431
1930s
699
1940s
710
1950s
1,267
1960s
2,314
1970s
4,538
1980s
1,659
1990s
403
2000s
50
2010s
0
Peaked in the 1970s · 12,093 total U.S. births since 1900