Wenzel

Where Wenzel comes from

Wenzel hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1767
    Wenzel Müller born
    composer
  2. 1859
    Wenzel von Wurm born
    Austro-Hungarian general
  3. 1882
    Debut at its peak, #837
    #837 among boys with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  4. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Wenzel Müller · composer, 1767–1835
  • Wenzel von Wurm · Austro-Hungarian general, 1859–1921
  • Wenzel Jaksch · Czech Sudeten German Socialdemocrat politician, 1896–1966
  • Wenzel Jamnitzer · German artist, 1508–1585
  • Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg · Austrian composer and theatre director, 1783–1839

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.