Wendel

Where Wendel comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Wendel.

Wendel through the years
  1. 1911
    First appearance
    #1,740 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1940
    Peak, #952
    45 babies named Wendel, the most in any year.
  3. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,536.
  4. 1966
    Wendel Clark born
    Canadian ice hockey player
  5. 1982
    Wendel born
    Brazilian footballer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Wendel · Brazilian footballer, born 1982
  • Wendel Clark · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1966
  • Wendel Dietterlin · German artist, 1550–1599
  • Wendel Raul Gonçalves Gomes · Brazilian footballer, born 1984
  • Wendel Suckow · American luger, born 1967

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.