Wendy

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Wendy
Wendy Darling.PNG
Wendy Darling drawn by Oliver Herford in The Peter Pan Alphabet
Pronunciation (/ˈwɛndi/)
Gender Female
Language(s) English
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Alternative spelling Wendi
Related names Gwendolyn, Gwen, Wendeline, Wendelinda, Winifred

Wendy is a given name now generally given to girls in English-speaking countries.

In Britain, Wendy appeared as a masculine name in a parish record in 1615.[1][2] It was also used as a surname in Britain from at least the 17th century.[3] Its popularity in Britain as a feminine name is owed to the character Wendy Darling from the 1904 play Peter Pan and its 1911 novelisation Peter and Wendy, both by J. M. Barrie.[4][5][6] Its popularity reached a peak in the 1960s, and subsequently declined.[7] The name was inspired by young Margaret Henley, daughter of Barrie's poet friend W. E. Henley. With the common childhood difficulty pronouncing Rs, Margaret reportedly used to call him "my fwiendy-wendy".[8][9]

In Germany after 1986, the name Wendy became popular because it is the name of a magazine (targeted specifically at young girls) about horses and horse riding.

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  4. Was the name Wendy invented for the book Peter Pan? at The Straight Dope
  5. Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, Dictionary of First Names, 1990
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