"Wendy" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Popularized by the character in J.M. Barrie's play, Peter Pan (1904) (though occasionally found earlier); the author explained that he got it from Fwendy-Wendy (\"friend\"), a nickname given to him by a child.\nAlternatively, from a diminutive of the Welsh Gwendolen; or from Wendelin, a diminutive of Wendel.\nA habitational forename meaning, \"island at the river bend\", from Old English wende (“watercourse with a bend”) + ēġ (“island”).",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Wendi"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Wendy"
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          "roman": "Gouénti",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "Γουέντι"
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          "sense": "female given name",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "Wendy"
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Wendi",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "ウェンディ"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "female given name",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "Wendy"
        },
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "vendi",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "word": "ווענדי"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈwɛn.di/",
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        "UK",
        "US"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪndi/",
      "tags": [
        "pin-pen-merger"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛndi"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "windy (pin-pen merger)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Wendy"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Wendi"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Wendy"
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Gouénti",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Γουέντι"
    },
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      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Wendy"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Wendi",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "ウェンディ"
    },
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      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Wendy"
    },
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "vendi",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "ווענדי"
    }
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  "word": "Wendy"
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