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Wendy is a name generally given to females in English speaking countries. Its popularity is attributed to the character Wendy Darling from the play and novel Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie. The name was inspired by young Margaret Emma Henley, daughter of Barrie's friend W.E. Henley. With the common childhood difficulty pronouncing Rs, Margaret reportedly used to call him 'my fwiendy-wendy'. Although the name Wendy appears as a boy's name in the 1881 census of England, and was occasionally used as a nickname for the Welsh Gwendolyn, Barrie is usually credited with its invention as a girl's name.
Various Chinese rulers have held the name and title Emperor Wen, which in Chinese is read Wen(-)di.
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Wendy is a name generally given to females in English speaking countries. Its popularity is attributed to the character Wendy Darling from the play and novel Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie. The name was inspired by young Margaret Emma Henley, daughter of Barrie's friend W.E. Henley. With the common childhood difficulty pronouncing Rs, Margaret reportedly used to call him 'my fwiendy-wendy'. Although the name Wendy appears as a boy's name in the 1881 census of England, and was occasionally used as a nickname for the Welsh Gwendolyn, Barrie is usually credited with its invention as a girl's name.
Various Chinese rulers have held the name and title Emperor Wen, which in Chinese is read Wen(-)di. Chinese women with the same or similar-sounding characters as their given names often Anglicise their names as Wendi or Wendy (e.g. Wendi Deng, Wendy Kweh).
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