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Meaning

The name Wendell has the following meaning:

One who travels.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

Popularity

As a baby boy name, Wendell is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Wendell in the USA, over the past 100 years.
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Pronunciation

The name Wendell is pronounced as wen-dell

Origins

Wendell originates from the German language.
See other suggested German boy baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Wendell and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Wendell: Boys - Anton, Dutch, Leonard, Leopold, Maynard, Roderick, Sigmund, Theodoric, Tillman, Volney, Wilbert, Girls - Bernardine, Eloise, Griselda, Lesia, Both genders - Emerson, Raymond, Walter

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Wendell: Wendal, Wendale, Wendall, Wendel, Wendele, Windal, Windall, Windell, Wynda;, Wyndall, Wyndell

Style

We think the name Wendell should fall under the following style category: The Wild West.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Wendell to be: Wealthy and smart chap

In one word, you might describe Wendell as a(n) "smart" person.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Wendell (or its variants) are:

Wendell Richard Anderson, born on 1 February, a famous politician. Wendell Richard Anderson's background: The 33rd Governor of Minnesota, from January 4, 1971 to December 29, 1976. He served in the U.S. Senate from December 30, 1976 until his resignation on December 29, 1978 in the 94th and 95th congresses. He is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

Wendell Hampton Ford, born on 8 September, a famous politician. Wendell Hampton Ford's background: An American politician from Kentucky who belongs to the Democratic Party.

Wendell Meredith Stanley, born on 16 August, a famous chemist. Wendell Meredith Stanley's background: (August 16, 1904 – June 15, 1971) was an American biochemist, virologist and Nobel prize laureate. Stanley's work contributed to on lepracidal compounds, diphenyl stereochemistry and the chemistry of the sterols. His researches on the virus causing the mosaic disease in tobacco plants led to the isolation of a nucleoprotein which displayed tobacco mosaic virus activity.
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