Mendy

Where Mendy comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Mendy.

  • Vowel-ended
Mendy through the years
  1. 1926
    Mendy Morein born
    Canadian basketball player
  2. 1954
    First appearance
    #4,278 among girls with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1974
    Mendy López born
    baseball player
  4. 1974
    Peak, #792
    172 babies named Mendy, the most in any year.
  5. 1980
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,749.
  6. 2001
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Melinda.
Namesakes
  • Mendy López · baseball player, born 1974
  • Mendy Morein · Canadian basketball player, 1926–2003
  • Mendy Fry · American racecar driver, born 1969
  • Mendy Meenderink · Dutch swimmer, born 1983
  • Mendy Pellin · American humorist

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.