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Wendy Male Female Unisex
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Origin: Fwendy

Popularized by the character in J. M. Barrie's play, Peter Pan (1904) (though occasionally found earlier; the author explained that he got it from Fwendy-Wendy ("friend"), a nickname given to him by a child. Alternatively, from a diminutive of the Welsh Gwendolen; or from Wendelin, a diminutive of Wendel. A habitational forename meaning, "island at the river bend", from Old English wende (“watercourse with a bend”) + ēġ (“island”).

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United States Wendy Listen Favorite Share Copy

Male Male Rank #14239 Female Female Rank #1097

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United Kingdom Wendy Listen Favorite Share Copy

Female Female Rank #2772

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