My name is Nyanda (female) and it was given to me because it is
an Aboriginal word meaning 'lagoon'. It is used a lot in Brisbane,
Australia (street/school) because there was a railway station
called 'Nyanda' during the 1940's. It also has African origins, in
Swahili it means something about 'going'. There are many people
with Nyanda as a name in Africa.