Given name
Wendee
“one who is fair; of the white ring”
Wendee is a variant of Wendy. In Welsh use, Wendy carries the interpretation “one who is fair; of the white ring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wendee is a variant of Wendy. In Welsh use, Wendy carries the interpretation “one who is fair; of the white ring.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wendee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 790
- 0 boys · 790 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 49 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 775 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Wendee
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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