Boy · Germanic
Wendell
Say it: WEN-dul
Meaning
From a surname derived from the Germanic name element Wendel, usually connected with the Vandals (or Wends).
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used in America from the 19th century, partly in honour of the Holmes family.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1940s
In the United States
- 53,907 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1940, about 1 in 713 boys
- 67 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Wendel
| German | Wendel |
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Famous bearers
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, American writer and jurist
- Wendell Berry, American writer
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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