Given name
Wendi
“one who is fair; of the white ring”
Wendi 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
Wendi 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 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wendi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14,522
- 0 boys · 14,522 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 844 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 844 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 13,242 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.
Wendi’s family of names
Wendi has a related form in Wendy. In Dutch usage, Wendi has a conventional equivalent in the English form Wendy.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Wendi
- Wendi McLendon-CoveyAmerican actressborn 1969
- Wendi Deng MurdochChinese-American businesswoman (1968-)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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