Wendel - Meaning of Wendel

What does Wendel mean?

[ 2 syll. wen-del, we-nd-el ] The baby boy name Wendel is pronounced WEHNDehL- †. Wendel's language of origin is Germanic and it is used mainly in the German language. Wendel is a variant spelling (German) of Wendell (English) and a variation of Wendelin (Dutch and German).

Wendel is uncommon as a baby boy name. At the modest height of its usage in 1940, 0.004% of baby boys were given the name Wendel. It had a ranking of #980 then. The baby name has seen a drop in popularity since then, and is currently of sporadic use. Within all boy names in its family, Wendel was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2011.

Baby names that sound like Wendel include Wendell (English), Wendall (English), Windel, Windell, Wintley (English), Wyndel, and Wyndell.

† English pronunciation for Wendel: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"