Meaning of the nameWanda

Wanda is a Polish feminine name that, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name, possibly comes from a term for the Wends, a Slavic people.

Meaning

“possibly 'Wend', the name of a Slavic people”

Source: Wiktionary: Wanda · Behind the Name: Wanda

People (2022): 12,100
Rank in Brazil: #1,500
Median age: 65 years
2010 Census: 13,776; people

Wanda in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Wanda, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (3,110 people).

12,040 women 60 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Wanda is most common

States with the highest share of people named Wanda in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio de Janeiro 0.016%
Minas Gerais 0.010%
São Paulo 0.007%
Distrito Federal 0.007%
Goiás 0.007%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	3,224	0.007%
Rio de Janeiro	2,580	0.016%
Minas Gerais	2,096	0.010%
Paraná	548	0.005%
Pará	465	0.006%
Goiás	458	0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul	379	0.004%
Santa Catarina	276	0.004%
Bahia	266	0.002%
Espírito Santo	212	0.006%
Distrito Federal	199	0.007%
Maranhão	194	0.003%
Pernambuco	186	0.002%
Amazonas	144	0.004%
Ceará	141	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	125	0.005%
Mato Grosso	119	0.003%
Piauí	90	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	69	0.002%
Paraíba	67	0.002%
Rondônia	57	0.004%
Tocantins	51	0.003%
Alagoas	47	0.002%
Sergipe	33	0.002%
Amapá	31	0.004%
Roraima	22	0.004%
Acre	21	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Wanda

According to Wiktionary, the name comes from Polish Wanda, possibly derived from an ethnic term for 'Wend'; Behind the Name says it may come from a Germanic name with that meaning, referring to the Slavic people who lived in eastern Germany. In Polish legend, Wanda is the daughter of King Krak, the legendary founder of Kraków. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Wanda as a spelling variant of Vanda, which Machado derives from German Wanda, perhaps through English. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,100 people named Wanda, with a median age of 65; proportionally, the name is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Sources

Wiktionary: Wanda · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Wanda · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vanda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Wanda

What does the name Wanda mean?

Wanda means “possibly 'Wend', the name of a Slavic people”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Wanda in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,100 people with the first name Wanda, which ranks it number 1,500 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Wanda a boy's or a girl's name?

Wanda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 12,040 women and 60 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Wanda?

Wanda is a name of Slavic and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Wanda most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.016% of the state's population is named Wanda (2,580 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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