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Re: My name: meaning?
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Wendy <-- Click hyperlinkMiranda
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that's my name too...it means "wanderer" and "dazzling"...it's of welsh/irish/english decent
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This is my Mother's name.. I remember looking it up some time ago and I think it ment "fair One" or "fair maiden"
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I mean, my name has no technical meaning, does it, only that it was first used in Peter Pan?
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Wendy was *probably* first used in Peter Pan. But like the BtN entry says, there is some evidence that Wendy was used before Peter Pan. If that's true, then Wendy's probably a diminutive of (most often) Gwendolen / Gwendolyn, which means "white ring" (derived from the Welsh elements gwen "white, fair, blessed" and dolen "ring").Wendy also could've come from other Gwen- names like Gwenyth, Gwenaelle, Gwenda, Gwenfrewi, Gwenllian, or even Guinevere.So it all depends on whether you believe Wendy was first used in Peter Pan or not.Miranda
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