Wendy as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Wendy

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The baby name Wendy is a Girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced WEN-dee.

Wendy is English, Welsh in Origin.

Gender: Girl

Syllables: 2

Origin: English, Welsh

Pronunciation: WEN-dee

What is the meaning of the name Wendy ?

The baby name Wendy is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced WEN-dee.

Wendy is English, Welsh in Origin.

Wendy is best treated as a modern English feminine name, although it intersects with Welsh Gwen- names. Its secure literary form is Wendy Darling in J. M. Barrie’s 1904 play Peter Pan; Barrie linked it to Margaret Henley’s childish friendy-wendy, built on English friend with a nursery -y ending. Earlier rare records, including a seventeenth-century English surname or male name, do not establish the same origin. When connected with Gwendolen, the Welsh elements are gwen, fair, white, blessed, and dolen, ring or link.

Barrie’s Wendy made the name familiar across Britain, North America, Australia, and New Zealand, with high rankings in the mid twentieth century, especially the 1950s and 1960s. Spellings Wendi and Wendie appear mainly in English-speaking use. The German girls’ magazine Wendy, launched in 1986, gave the name a separate pop-cultural foothold in German-speaking countries; recent usage is lower than its mid-century peak.

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Wendy – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Ireland	Girls	2022	#1	—	935
FJ	Girls	0	#9	1	583
CN	Girls	0	#10	1,364	8,829
SV		0	#11	1	283
HN	Girls	0	#12	26	884
SV	Girls	0	#12	7	458
GT	Girls	0	#14	2,598	7,500
SG	Girls	0	#16	2,886	18,916
HK	Girls	0	#18	4,238	16,104
MO		0	#21	32	2,706
HN		0	#22	1	704
NL	Girls	0	#22	8,301	5,933
ZA	Girls	0	#24	9,497	25,928
HT	Boys	0	#26	9	903
NA		0	#27	7	2,537
SG		0	#27	380	11,010
BN		0	#28	5	2,297
SV	Boys	0	#28	1	352
TW		0	#30	74	4,523
MV	Girls	0	#35	1	2,021
MT		0	#36	8	1,767
MO	Girls	0	#37	348	7,056
ID		0	#38	2	2,238
CN		0	#41	45	3,857
TW	Girls	0	#42	369	8,139
HK		0	#45	567	8,483
CR	Girls	0	#46	1,813	11,342
NL		0	#48	590	2,481
HN	Boys	0	#52	1	749
PR		0	#52	4	1,497
CM		0	#55	2	2,592
CR		0	#56	110	5,526
MY	Girls	0	#56	4,236	24,821
BW	Girls	0	#57	102	4,216
CY		0	#57	4	1,632
LU		0	#62	5	2,830
ZA		0	#66	543	14,421
GT		0	#67	372	5,948
AO		0	#73	5	2,729
JP		0	#73	5	4,057
MY		0	#73	324	12,352
BN	Girls	0	#74	33	5,459
JM		0	#74	14	3,714
PH		0	#78	19	5,607
NA	Girls	0	#79	178	7,146
BG		0	#82	1	1,799
EC	Girls	0	#84	214	3,650
ID	Girls	0	#95	8	3,319
EC		0	#96	20	2,502
CY	Girls	0	#100	22	3,755
SD		0	#102	1	2,130
MX	Girls	0	#103	9,053	17,781
OM		0	#105	12	6,215
QA		0	#105	2	7,011
PA		0	#108	23	3,797
ID	Boys	0	#109	23	4,130
CO	Girls	0	#113	9,397	16,140
HU		0	#115	1	1,675
KW		0	#118	4	5,216
JM	Girls	0	#119	170	7,507
MU		0	#121	16	3,613
BO	Girls	0	#123	1,450	9,488
PA	Girls	0	#127	608	9,861
MT	Girls	0	#128	24	3,773
BN	Boys	0	#132	8	6,332
Norway	Girls	2009	#134	5	532
Switzerland	Girls	2024	#134	2	1,786
GR		0	#134	2	3,911
PR	Girls	0	#136	26	3,171
JO		0	#140	1	2,158
MX		0	#141	382	8,339
GH	Girls	0	#150	243	6,973
BW	Boys	0	#154	1	4,685
LU	Girls	0	#156	30	4,850
AE		0	#159	19	10,220
PE		0	#165	162	6,350
UY		0	#167	11	2,477
PE	Girls	0	#169	2,949	14,861
CZ		0	#174	12	3,154
SI	Girls	0	#177	1	2,769
Sweden	Girls	2022	#178	2	1,568
CZ	Girls	0	#185	186	5,378
MU	Girls	0	#189	168	8,539
AR		0	#190	4	2,915
GH		0	#192	52	5,396
RU		0	#193	2	3,641
DK		0	#200	7	5,198
Belgium	Girls	2005	#204	19	396
CO		0	#204	435	7,768
AO	Girls	0	#209	9	4,575
PL		0	#212	1	2,600
JP	Girls	0	#214	32	6,592
IR		0	#216	14	4,221
AL	Girls	0	#219	9	4,141
BO		0	#223	166	6,868
HU	Girls	0	#223	3	3,308
PS		0	#226	1	5,692
GR	Girls	0	#227	16	6,293
BG	Girls	0	#229	3	3,559
TW	Boys	0	#230	12	7,111
MO	Boys	0	#232	3	5,842
PH	Girls	0	#236	160	13,098
AO	Boys	0	#244	6	5,568
EC	Boys	0	#245	2	3,322
PT		0	#246	5	4,161
NA	Boys	0	#250	4	6,830
NG		0	#250	15	5,926
QA	Girls	0	#265	52	15,378
Canada	Girls	2024	#268	18	2,795
France	Girls	2021	#270	141	3,185
IL		0	#274	9	6,291
SA		0	#284	12	10,560
HR	Girls	0	#288	7	3,687
JM	Boys	0	#288	6	6,876
DK	Girls	0	#293	24	7,429
CZ	Boys	0	#303	3	6,530
CN	Boys	0	#308	12	9,639
UY	Girls	0	#318	225	6,731
KZ	Girls	0	#325	8	5,862
OM	Girls	0	#329	68	15,987
JO	Girls	0	#334	6	7,570
BR		0	#335	11	5,969
PL	Girls	0	#342	13	5,096
MU	Boys	0	#346	12	8,477
GH	Boys	0	#354	8	8,138
IR	Girls	0	#357	182	8,334
SD	Girls	0	#357	2	7,678
Spain	Girls	0	#359	1,084	5,561
Finland	Girls	0	#368	24	1,368
Spain		0	#369	84	2,326
CL		0	#376	36	6,867
PT	Boys	0	#380	2	7,951
NG	Girls	0	#381	564	15,093
France	Boys	2021	#383	5	2,865
CM	Girls	0	#389	155	11,671
JO	Boys	0	#389	1	7,057
Austria	Girls	0	#393	28	1,885
YE		0	#393	6	8,639
AE	Girls	0	#400	154	20,968
PH	Boys	0	#403	6	11,440
BD	Girls	0	#404	3	8,413
EG		0	#405	8	6,387
PT	Girls	0	#410	42	7,952
UY	Boys	0	#413	1	5,922
KW	Girls	0	#417	99	19,177
Germany		0	#420	18	2,542
CL	Girls	0	#421	565	14,098
GT	Boys	0	#438	37	7,625
RU	Girls	0	#450	49	11,913
SD	Boys	0	#465	2	10,523
CR	Boys	0	#473	15	10,188
PS	Girls	0	#481	43	10,981
AR	Boys	0	#483	1	7,628
HK	Boys	0	#499	29	12,905
PA	Boys	0	#499	7	9,305
AR	Girls	0	#509	91	8,289
RU	Boys	0	#518	9	12,621
IQ	Girls	0	#519	7	11,303
BH		0	#523	31	17,937
CM	Boys	0	#537	14	12,054
IL	Girls	0	#558	60	11,648
PS	Boys	0	#559	3	10,655
IR	Boys	0	#563	3	10,162
BO	Boys	0	#574	19	9,244
CL	Boys	0	#576	90	13,390
IT		0	#597	119	4,183
IN	Girls	0	#616	16	13,121
IL	Boys	0	#624	2	10,983
IT	Girls	0	#633	1,247	9,415
LB		0	#634	25	13,263
Germany	Girls	0	#642	200	4,949
SG	Boys	0	#677	21	17,960
Finland	Girls	2026	#687	52	3,895
United States	Girls	2024	#694	224	8,487
IQ	Boys	0	#694	4	13,071
BR	Boys	0	#723	29	12,213
QA	Boys	0	#742	2	18,093
SA	Girls	0	#745	191	25,931
SY		0	#763	5	11,684
BR	Girls	0	#765	178	12,708
KW	Boys	0	#799	8	18,755
CO	Boys	0	#806	115	15,656
TN		0	#814	16	13,765
PE	Boys	0	#845	34	14,506
United States	Boys	2011	#851	5	7,432
MX	Boys	0	#882	101	16,355
ZA	Boys	0	#905	277	25,619
Spain	Boys	0	#914	17	5,610
OM	Boys	0	#916	3	17,948
EG	Girls	0	#918	42	14,742
EG	Boys	0	#921	5	15,035
NG	Boys	0	#928	24	16,906
NL	Boys	0	#929	23	5,873
MY	Boys	0	#994	118	25,439
IN	Boys	0	#1,036	4	16,750
MA		0	#1,086	43	20,986
AE	Boys	0	#1,140	4	22,615
DZ		0	#1,155	22	20,130
TR		0	#1,176	36	19,440
IT	Boys	0	#1,433	39	10,046
SA	Boys	0	#1,578	37	28,008

Wendy is popular in 87 countries — most recent births per country:

France

Ireland

Norway

Canada

Scotland, United Kingdom

Switzerland

United States

Wallonia, Belgium

Sweden

Belgium

Brussels, Belgium

New York City (Hispanic), United States

Flanders, Belgium

Austria

Germany

Spain

Finland

New York City (Asian & Pacific Islander), United States

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