Wendel

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• Dutch and German : from a pet form of a short form, Wando, of a compound Germanic personal name beginning with wand ‘to go’, ‘to migrate’.
• German : metonymic occupational name for a turner, from Middle High German wendel ‘to turn’ or Middle Low German wendelen ‘to turn, twist’.
• South German : from a short form of Wendelin.