Wendy
WEN-dee
A modern feminine name best known from Peter Pan, often associated with gentle, childlike charm.
Meaning
Wendy is a modern English given name. It is widely understood to have been popularized by J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, where it was used as a child’s name rather than drawn from a long traditional naming line. The name is often linked by later popular etymology to the Welsh element 'gwen' meaning 'white,' 'fair,' or 'blessed,' though its established use as a given name is literary rather than ancient.
Origin
Englishfeminine
Fun fact
Before Peter Pan made it famous, Wendy was extremely rare as a given name.
Confidence: pattern inferred. Sources: based on general naming-pattern knowledge.