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What does Wendy mean?
Wendy 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced WEN-dee. It is of English origin, and the meaning of Wendy is "friend". Literary: a created name for the heroine in James Barrie's "Peter Pan". Ballerina Wendy Whelan; playwright Wendy Wasserstein; actress Dame Wendy Hiller. Also form of Guinevere. Also form of Gwendolen. Also form of Wanda.
ENDS WITH -dy
Variations
VARIANTS Wenda, Wendaline, Wendee, Wendeline, Wendey, Wendi▼, Wendie, Wendye, Windy▼
SEE ALSO Wendell
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Wyndy, ..
(male) Wenby, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Wendy Ileana (W.I.), ..
How popular is Wendy?
Wendy is a very prominent first name for females (#115 out of 4276, Top 3%) and a slightly less prominent surname for both adults and children (#122534 out of 150436, Top 81%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Wendy was first listed in 1930-1939 and reached its highest position of #36 in the U.S. during 1970-1979, and is at #969 presently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Guinevere (#1446 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Wanda, Wenda, Wendi, Wendie and Windy are the prominent alternative forms of Wendy (#969) appearing in the Top 2000. Usage of these forms of Wendy reached its apex during the years 1960-1969 (MEDIAN #1025) and is now much lower, with forms like Wendi going out of style.
Similar Names
Wendy▼ is alike in pronunciation to Anda, Andi▲, Andy, Annda, Enda, Inda, Indu, Indya, Wahnda, Wandah, Wandie, Wandy, Wannda, Wohnda, Wonda and Wonnda. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bindy, Candy▼, Cindy▼, Cyndy, Hedy, Heidy, Jandy, Kandy, Lindy▼, Lundy, Lyndy, Mandy▼, Mindy▼, Randy▼, Sandy▼, Sindy, Syndy, Tandy, Welda, Winny and Zandy. These names tend to be less commonly used than Wendy.
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