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Wendell - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Wendell
 
 

 



[ 2 syll. wen-del(l), we-nde-ll ] The boy name Wendell is pronounced WEHNDahL KEY. Wendell's language of origin is Germanic and it is used largely in the English language. Wendell is a variant form of the Dutch and German Wendelin.

Wendell is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1940, 0.137% of baby boys were given the name Wendell. Its ranking then was #114. The baby name has since substantially fallen in popularity, and is currently used only on an infrequent scale. Out of all boy names in its group, Wendell was nonetheless the most popular in 2007.

A baby name that sounds like Wendell is the German Wendel.

KEY: Pronunciation for Wendell: 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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