Wendi

Where Wendi comes from

A spelling variant of Wendy.
— Wiktionary's entry for Wendi
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1943
    First appearance
    #3,801 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1968
    Wendi Murdoch born
    Chinese-American businesswoman
  3. 1969
    Wendi McLendon-Covey born
    American actress
  4. 1971
    Peak, #316
    839 babies named Wendi — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1978
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #476.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes
  • Wendi McLendon-Covey · American actress, born 1969
  • Wendi Murdoch · Chinese-American businesswoman, born 1968
  • Wendi Henderson · association football player, born 1971
  • Wendi Peters · British actress, born 1968
  • Wendi Andriano · death row inmate, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.