Wendy
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United States//ˈwɛn.di//
- //ˈwɪndi//
A female given name.
proper noun
- 1
A female given name.
"What's your name?" he asked. "Wendy Moira Angela Darling," she replied with some satisfaction. "What is your name?" "Peter Pan."
Etymology
Popularized by the character in J. M. Barrie's play, Peter Pan (1904), though occasionally found earlier; the author explained that he got it from Fwendy-Wendy ("friend"), a nickname given to him by a child. Alternatively, from a diminutive of the Welsh Gwendolen; or from Wendelin, a diminutive of Wendel; therefore a doublet of Gwen. A habitational forename meaning, "island at the river bend", from Old English wende (“watercourse with a bend”) + ēġ (“island”).
wench · A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.Wendell · A surname originating as a patronymic.wendy · A wuss; someone who is particularly cowardly.
Wendy · A female given name.
went · A course; a way, a path; a journey.Went · A surname from Middle English.were · simple subjunctive of be