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Wendelyn
How to Pronounce Wendelyn
Pronounced WEN-duh-lin /ˈwɛn.də.lɪn/Medium
Meaning: Wendelyn stretches Wendy with the popular -lyn suffix, and also reads as a feminine echo of Wendell, a surname-name from a Germanic root tied to the Wends and to wandering. Wendy itself was famously popularized by J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Wendelyn is an ornamental name that lengthens Wendy with the mid-century -lyn ending. Wendy spread after J.M. Barrie coined it for Peter Pan; the -lyn suffix, borrowed from Lynn, gave many 1950s girls' names a soft, flowing close.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year around its mid-1950s peak and gone by the late 1980s. A Wendelyn from that time is in her early seventies now; it stays a period curiosity rather than a name on today's comeback lists.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Wendelyn mean?
It is an elaborated form of Wendy, blended with the -lyn ending; it also echoes Wendell.
How do you pronounce Wendelyn?
It's said WEN-duh-lin /ˈwɛn.də.lɪn/, three syllables, stress on the first.
Is Wendelyn a boy or girl name?
Wendelyn is used as a girl's name.
Is Wendelyn a popular name?
No, it stayed rare, an elaborated Wendy seen mostly in the mid-nineteen-fifties.