Wendolyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- WEN-doh-lin
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Wendolyn is a girls' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Wendolyn mean?
Welsh: variant of Gwendolyn, whose first element is Welsh gwen
Variant of Gwendolyn, whose first element is the Welsh gwen, 'white' or 'blessed'.
Is Wendolyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Wendolyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wendolyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Wendolyn, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1966, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1928.
2025 had more girls named Wendolyn than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Wendolyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wendolyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,689 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,820 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,375 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,395 |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,396 |
| 1968 | 30 | #2,205 |
| 1967 | 33 | #2,039 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,827 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,154 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 24 | #2,488 |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,888 |
| 1961 | 32 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,952 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,053 |
| 1958 | 30 | #2,024 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,956 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,928 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,939 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,948 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,930 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,115 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,768 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
Nicknames for Wendolyn
- Wendy 16 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Wendolyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gwendolyn, Rebecca, Robin, Kimberly, Deborah, Carolyn, Melissa, Jennifer, Alison, Melody, Melanie, Amy
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Winifred, Meredith
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Wendolyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wendolyn, updated 20 October 2026.