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Wendel - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Wendel
 
 

 



[ 2 syll. wen-del, we-nd-el ] The boy name Wendel is pronounced WEHNDahL KEY. Wendel's language of origin is Germanic and it is used mainly in the German language. Wendel is a variant 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 2007.

A baby name that sounds like Wendel is Wendell (English).

KEY: English pronunciation for Wendel: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


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