Meaning of the nameWender
- Male
- Wen-der
Wender is a male name of uncertain origin, written with an initial W and given mostly to people born between the 1970s and 2000s.
Meaning
The meaning of Wender is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 14,053
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,352
- Median age
- 26 years
- 2010 Census
- 13,258
- people
Wender in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Wender, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (3,754 people).
110 women 13,943 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 Wender is most common
States with the highest share of people named Wender in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Mato Grosso 0.044%
- Goiás 0.032%
- Rondônia 0.021%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.019%
- Minas Gerais 0.017%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Minas Gerais | 3,534 | 0.017% |
| Goiás | 2,269 | 0.032% |
| São Paulo | 2,181 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso | 1,596 | 0.044% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 512 | 0.019% |
| Pará | 505 | 0.006% |
| Espírito Santo | 429 | 0.011% |
| Paraná | 396 | 0.004% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 389 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 377 | 0.003% |
| Rondônia | 324 | 0.021% |
| Maranhão | 203 | 0.003% |
| Distrito Federal | 202 | 0.007% |
| Tocantins | 196 | 0.013% |
| Ceará | 167 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 148 | 0.004% |
| Piauí | 101 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 100 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 98 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 74 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 55 | 0.009% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 48 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 44 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 37 | 0.005% |
| Alagoas | 27 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 24 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 17 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Wender
The origin of the spelling Wender is uncertain. It is an almost always male name, given mostly to people born between the 1970s and 2000s, with the largest group in the 1990s; proportionally, it is most common in Mato Grosso. IBGE counts Wenderson separately, a name with the ending -son, which the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes as an English formative with a patronymic value, 'son of'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 14,053 people named Wender, with a median age of 26.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-son) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Wender
What does the name Wender mean?
The meaning of Wender is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Wender in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 14,053 people with the first name Wender, which ranks it number 1,352 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Wender a boy's or a girl's name?
Wender is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 110 women and 13,943 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Wender most common?
Proportionally, in Mato Grosso: 0.044% of the state's population is named Wender (1,596 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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