Wendell - Meaning of Wendell

What does Wendell mean?

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Wendell

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

Forms of Wendell include the English variant spelling Wendall and the German variant spelling Wendel.

See also the related categories, english and germanic (german).

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 2018.

Baby names that sound like Wendell include Wendel (German), Windell, and Wintley (English).

† Pronunciation for Wendell: 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)"