Given name
Wendella
“a wanderer”
Wendella is a variant of Wende. One interpretation is “a wanderer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wendella is a variant of Wende. One interpretation is “a wanderer.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wendella through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 41
- 0 boys · 41 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 7 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 6 in 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 119 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.
Wendella’s family of names
Wendella has a related form in Wende.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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