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Wendy is a given name generally given to females in English-speaking countries.The name is found in United States records from the 19th century; the name Wendy appeared over twenty times in the U.S. Census of 1880. In Britain Wendy appeared as a boy’s name in the 1881 census of England and was occasionally used as a diminutive for the Welsh Gwendolyn[citation needed]. It was also used as a surname in Britain from at least the 17th century.
