Wanda

Where Wanda comes from

Borrowed from Polish Wanda, possibly derived from an ethnic term for “a Wend”.
— Wiktionary's entry for Wanda
  • Polish
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1879
    Wanda Landowska born
    Polish-French harpsichordist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #518 among girls — 11 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1934
    Peak, #47
    4,368 babies named Wanda — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1964
    Wanda Sykes born
    American comedian, writer, actress and voice artist
  5. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #166.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Polish.
Namesakes
  • Wanda Landowska · Polish-French harpsichordist, 1879–1959
  • Wanda Sykes · American comedian, writer, actress and voice artist, born 1964
  • Wanda Jackson · American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist, born 1937
  • Wanda Wasilewska · Polish writer, 1905–1964
  • Wanda Panfil · Polish long distance runner, born 1959

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.