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Wendy

The origin and history of Wendy.

Etymology

The given name Wendy was popularized by J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan (1904); the slang sense of "coward" is a later, unrelated informal British usage.

· First attested 1904

Class of 1904

Wendy first entered the language around 1904.

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