Senga is a feminine given name of Scottish origin, derived either from a backwards spelling of the name
Agnes or from the
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...
word ''seang'', meaning "
slenderness
In architecture, the slenderness ratio, or simply slenderness, is an aspect ratio, the quotient between the height and the width of a building.
In structural engineering, slenderness is used to calculate the propensity of a column to buckle. It ...
".
Senga is also a Japanese surname of unrelated origins.
Notable people with the name include:
*
Senga Macfie (born 1968), English-born Scottish professional squash player
*
Senga McCrone (1934–2020), Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler
*
Senga Nengudi, née Sue Irons (born 1943), American visual artist and curator
See also
*
Senga people, ethnic tribe of Zambia
Notes
{{Given name
Feminine given names
Names derived from word reversals