Name: Wanda
Gender: Female
Usage: Wanda, of african origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Wanda are in general originating from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Wanda is: Young tree, A slender.
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Numerology of the first name Wanda: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Wanda is ranked on the 623rd position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 929800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.013% of the population. The name Wanda has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Wanda (/ˈwɑːndə/ WAHN-də) is a female given name of Polish origin. It probably derives from the tribal name of the Wends. The name has long been popular in Poland where the legend of Princess Wanda has been circulating since at least the 12th century. In 1947 Wanda was cited as the second most popular name, after Mary, for Polish girls, and the most popular from Polish secular history. The name was made familiar in the English-speaking world by the 1883 novel Wanda, written by Ouida, the story line of which is based on the last years of the Hechingen branch of the Swabian House of Hohenzollern. In the United States, Wanda attained its highest popularity in the year 1934 peaking then at No. 47 on the list of names most frequently given to female infants. The name is popularly interpreted as meaning "wanderer."
English: of uncertain origin. Attempts have been made to derive it from various Germanic and Slavonic roots: it was certainly in use in Poland in the 19th century, and is found in Polish folk-tales as the name of a princess. The derivation may well be from the ethnic term Wend, denoting the Slavonic people who inhabited what is now northern East Germany in the Middle Ages. The name was introduced to the English-speaking world by Ouida (Marie Louise de la Ramée), who used it for the heroine of her novel Wanda (1883).
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