Given name
Wyndell
“one who travels; a wanderer”
Wyndell is a variant of Wendell. One German interpretation is “one who travels; a wanderer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wyndell is a variant of Wendell. One German interpretation is “one who travels; a wanderer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Wyndell is a variant of Wendell. An origin associated with Wendell is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wyndell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 342
- 342 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 15 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 boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 346 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.
Wyndell’s family of names
Wyndell has a related form in Wendell.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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