In the case of the character from J. M. Barrie's play 'Peter Pan' (1904), it was created from the nickname fwendy "friend", given to the author by a young friend. However, the name was used prior to the play (rarely), in which case it could be related to the Welsh name GWENDOLEN and other names beginning with the element gwen meaning "white, fair, blessed". The name only became common after Barrie's play ran.

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message 1: by Cintia (last edited May 08, 2017 05:40PM) (new)

Cintia You are right, there's not a lot of Wendys out there. In Nameberry, where I looked for the meaning, it only says Literary Name, and a bunch of famous Wendys (both real and fictional)


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