Wêndel
given name · Latin script
Wêndel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. Recorded meaning: (i) turner of wooden, metal, bone, etc. objects on a lathe, from a derivative of Middle High German wendel ‘turn’; (ii) from a pet-form of the medieval German and Dutch male personal name Wendo.
- BRBrazil1 in 4.8K(measured from records)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 28K
- USUnited States1 in 224K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 146 (measured from records)
- 1 in 4.8K (inferred from the name graph)
44,057 people, 2022
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Brazil
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Wendel in BR Brazil, US United States, PH Philippines and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)(i) turner of wooden, metal, bone, etc. objects on a lathe, from a derivative of Middle High German wendel ‘turn’; (ii) from a pet-form of the medieval German and Dutch male personal name Wendo.
Cited for this meaning 3
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
- Nordic Names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Wêndel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | #777 | 44,057 | 1 in 4.8K | 44K | Wendel | 146 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈3,900 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Wendel | 38 |
| US United States | — | 1,483 | 1 in 224K | 5.6K | Wendel | 90 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 319 | 1 in 54K | 231 | Wendel | 6 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 258K | 56 | Wendel | 14 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 104 | 1 in 49K | 104 | Wendel | 13 |
| GY Guyana | — | 47 | 1 in 16K | 47 | — | — |
44,057 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Wêndel mean, and where does it come from?
- (i) turner of wooden, metal, bone, etc. objects on a lathe, from a derivative of Middle High German wendel ‘turn’; (ii) from a pet-form of the medieval German and Dutch male personal name Wendo. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history] and 1 other source.
- In which country does Wêndel have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 44 thousand people named Wêndel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wendel.
- Where is Wêndel most common?
- Wêndel is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 4.8 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Wêndel?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 44,057 people named Wêndel in 2022, about 1 in 4.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Wêndel compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Wêndel is the 777th most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wêndel” — the 777th most common given name in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.