Wendy is a given name generally given to females in English-speaking countries. The name is found in United States records from the 1800s; Wendy Gram, a female resident of Ohio, was recorded in 1828, and the name Wendy also appeared in the US Census of 1880. In Britain, Wendy appeared as a boy's name in the 1881 census of England, and was occasionally used as a nickname for the Welsh Gwendolyn.

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  • Wendy is a given name generally given to females in English-speaking countries. The name is found in United States records from the 1800s; Wendy Gram, a female resident of Ohio, was recorded in 1828, and the name Wendy also appeared in the US Census of 1880. In Britain, Wendy appeared as a boy's name in the 1881 census of England, and was occasionally used as a nickname for the Welsh Gwendolyn. However, its popularity as a girl's name is attributed to the character Wendy Darling from the play and novel Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie. The name was inspired by young Margaret Emma Henley, daughter of Barrie's friend W. E. Henley. With the common childhood difficulty pronouncing Rs, Margaret reportedly used to call him 'my fwiendy-wendy'. The name Wendy is sometimes considered a variation of the teutonic name Wanda, meaning wanderer. Various Chinese rulers have held the name and title Emperor Wen, which in Chinese is read Wen(-)di (文帝). Chinese women with the same or similar-sounding characters as their given names often Anglicise their names as Wendi or Wendy.
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  • Wendy Darling drawn by Oliver Herford in ''The Peter Pan Alphabet''
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  • Wendy
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  • Wendy is a given name generally given to females in English-speaking countries. The name is found in United States records from the 1800s; Wendy Gram, a female resident of Ohio, was recorded in 1828, and the name Wendy also appeared in the US Census of 1880. In Britain, Wendy appeared as a boy's name in the 1881 census of England, and was occasionally used as a nickname for the Welsh Gwendolyn.
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  • Wendy
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