Wende

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.

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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Wende by the numbers

Its American peak was 139 babies in 1967, making it a 1960s name.

What we can tell you about Wende

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Wende. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Wendyfriend or friendly; created by J.M. Barrie for Peter Pan229 in the US (2017)
  • Wendi
  • Wendella form of Wendel; wanderer or seeker74 in the US (2017)
  • Wynnejoy; blessed friend; a form of Wynn35 in the US (2017)
  • Wandawanderer or of the Vandals7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Windy7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Wende

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