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Meaning & Origins
Mainly U.S.: from the surname derived in the Middle Ages from the Continental Germanic personal name Wendel, in origin an ethnic name for a Wend, a member of the Slavic people living in the area between the Elbe and the Oder, who were overrun by Germanic migrants in the 12th century. It has been adopted as a given name as a result of the fame of the American writer Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–94) and his jurist son, also Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841–1935), members of a leading New England family.
| 840th in the U.S. for 2011 |
English, Dutch, North German, and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Philip. In North America this name has also absorbed cognate names from other European languages, for example Italian Filippi, Polish Filipowicz.
| 46th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Wendel, Wendall, Wendal, Wendle, Wendella, Wendla, Wendyl, Wendl, Wendoly, Wendale
Phelps, Phillip, Philips, Philip, Philpot, Philpott, Philbrick, Philipp, Phillippi, Philippe
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