stackyFACTSBefore 1904, handing a baby girl the name Wendy was completely impossible.
Before 1904, handing a baby girl the name Wendy was completely impossible. J.M. Barrie created the name out of thin air for his play and subsequent novel 'Peter Pan.' He based it on a childhood friend who couldn't pronounce her 'R's and called him her 'fwendy-wendy.' Instead of laughing at the speech impediment, Barrie slapped the nonsense syllable onto his lead female character, accidentally forcing millions of future adults to be named after baby talk.
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