Meaning & Origin
A female given name originating as a coinage.
Wendi is a girl's baby name of Welsh origin, a variant spelling of Wendy — a name coined by author J.M. Barrie for the character Wendy Darling in Peter Pan (1904), possibly from the Welsh gwen meaning 'white, fair, blessed.' Barrie took the nickname 'fwendy' (friendy) from a young friend and transformed it into Wendy.
Wendi's -i ending gives the invented-but-beloved Wendy a slightly different character — more contemporary, slightly more international. It carries all the eternal childhood magic of Peter Pan's companion.