Given name & surname
Wendelin
“a wanderer”
Wendelin is a variant of Wende. One interpretation is “a wanderer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wendelin is a variant of Wende. One interpretation is “a wanderer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wendelin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 559
- 190 boys · 369 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 30 in 1954. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 489 as a first name in 2020; 240 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Wendelin’s family of names
In German usage, Wendelin shares a linguistic root with the Czech form Vendelín. Wendelin has a related form in Wende. In German usage, Wendelin has a related form in Wendel.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Wendelin
- Wendelin WernerMathematician and Fields Medallistborn 1968
- Wendelin FörsterGerman philologist and Romance scholar (1844–1915)
- Wendelin of TrierGerman saint554–607
- Wendelin BoeheimAustrian military historian (1832–1900)
- Wendelin ThannheimerGerman Nordic combined skierborn 1999
- Wendelin WiedekingGerman businessmanborn 1952
- Wendelin Weißheimercomposer (1838–1910)
- Wendelin RauchGerman archbishop (1885–1954)
- Vendela VidaAmerican writerborn 1971
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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Landín
“to dare”
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Lindín
“to dare”
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Nandín
“to dare”
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Wion
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Weck
“wedge”
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