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Meaning

The name Wendy has the following meaning:

Originally remembered as the heroine in "Peter Pan". The two are however, seldom linked thesedays. A relatively common name.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Wendy is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 293 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Wendy fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 46 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 505 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Wendy in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Wendy is pronounced as wen-dee

Origins

Wendy originates from the Literary language.
See other suggested Literary girl baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Wendy and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Wendy: Boys - Girls - Twyla, Both genders - Thelma

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Wendy: Wenda, Wendaine, Wendayne, Wende, Wendea, Wendee, Wendey, Wendi (English), Wendie, Wendye, Windy, Wuendy

Style

We think the name Wendy should fall under the following style category: The 70's.

See other The 70's girl names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Wendy to be: A petite but ambitious lady

In one word, you might describe Wendy as a(n) "ambitious" person.

See other "ambitious" names for girls.

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Famous persons

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

Wendy Williams, born on 8 July, a famous hostess. Wendy Williams's background: An African-American radio talk-show hostess, television personality, and New York Times best-selling author. Wendy Williams is best known for being a DJ in New York, where she gossips about celebrities and conducts interviews with famous people. Since the early 2000's, Wendy Williams has hosted the highest rated weekday syndicated radio broadcast named 'The Wendy Williams Experience', on WBLS 107.5 FM radio station in New York City.

Wendy Carlos, born on 14 November, a famous composer. Wendy Carlos's background: An American composer and electronic musician. She is one of the first famous performers of electronic music using synthesizers.

Wendy Doniger, born on 20 November, a famous scholar. Wendy Doniger's background: An American scholar of history of religion. Much of her work is focused on translating, interpreting and comparing elements of Hinduism through modern contexts of gender, sexuality and identity. From 1978, she has taught at the University of Chicago, where she currently is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School, the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the Committee on Social Thought. Her work on Hinduism has been criticized by some Hindu Indian immigrants in the United States.
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