Meaning of the nameWendell
- Male
- English origin
- Germanic origin
- Wen-dell
Wendell is a spelling of the name Wendel, which means “from the surname Wendell, a short form of Germanic names beginning with Wendel-, 'a Wend'”.
Meaning
“from the surname Wendell, a short form of Germanic names beginning with Wendel-, 'a Wend'”
Source: Wiktionary: Wendell (English)
- People (2022)
- 11,154
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,579
- Median age
- 21 years
- 2010 Census
- 7,317
- people
Wendell in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Wendell, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (3,203 people).
63 women 11,091 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 Wendell is most common
States with the highest share of people named Wendell in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Amapá 0.014%
- Sergipe 0.013%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.011%
- Amazonas 0.011%
- Pará 0.010%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 2,286 | 0.005% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,201 | 0.006% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,105 | 0.007% |
| Bahia | 787 | 0.006% |
| Pará | 772 | 0.010% |
| Pernambuco | 486 | 0.005% |
| Amazonas | 438 | 0.011% |
| Maranhão | 392 | 0.006% |
| Ceará | 386 | 0.004% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 377 | 0.011% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 340 | 0.003% |
| Goiás | 329 | 0.005% |
| Sergipe | 293 | 0.013% |
| Paraíba | 278 | 0.007% |
| Paraná | 267 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 230 | 0.008% |
| Piauí | 198 | 0.006% |
| Alagoas | 186 | 0.006% |
| Santa Catarina | 169 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 147 | 0.004% |
| Amapá | 105 | 0.014% |
| Mato Grosso | 101 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 77 | 0.003% |
| Tocantins | 69 | 0.005% |
| Rondônia | 53 | 0.003% |
| Acre | 49 | 0.006% |
| Roraima | 33 | 0.005% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Wendell
It has a final LL, like the German and Dutch surname that, according to Behind the Name, gave the English name Wendell.
About the name Wendel
Behind the Name describes Wendel as an old short form of Germanic names beginning with the element wentil, 'a Vandal', and notes that the name of that people was often confused with that of the Wends; Wiktionary records Wendel in German as a variant of Wendelin. For Wendell, Wiktionary gives a shortened form of Germanic names beginning with Wendel-, 'a Wend', and Behind the Name, a German and Dutch surname taken from the name Wendel, which became a given name in English. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 44,057 people named Wendel, with a median age of 20; proportionally, the name is most common in Amapá. It is almost always male.
Other spellings of Wendel
Sources
- Wiktionary: Wendell (English) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Behind the Name: Wendell · behindthename.com · origin
- Wiktionary: Wendel (German) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: Wendell (English) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Wendell · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Wendel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Uendel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Wendell
What does the name Wendell mean?
Wendell means “from the surname Wendell, a short form of Germanic names beginning with Wendel-, 'a Wend'”, according to Wiktionary.
How many people are named Wendell in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 11,154 people with the first name Wendell, which ranks it number 1,579 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Wendell a boy's or a girl's name?
Wendell is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 63 women and 11,091 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Wendell?
Wendell is a name of English and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Wendell most common?
Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.014% of the state's population is named Wendell (105 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Wendell?
Wendel and Uendel. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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