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[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

are there names other than gwendolyn that you can think of that have wendy as a potential nickname? what do you think of the name? thanks! :)

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[hoochiehoops.livejournal.com]

Winnifred maybe?

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

Gwyneth
Guinevere?
Wendla
Wednesday

[pinkysmith.livejournal.com]

i have a friend named Wenda but the only nickname I've heard for her is Wen

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

Gwendolyn is my second favorite girl name. I'm not a huge fan of the nickname Wendy though. I prefer Gwen more.

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

Winifred, like in The Shining?

[mrssubee.livejournal.com]

I think wendy can stand alone

[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

Yep. I have two friends named Wendy, not nicknames, just Wendy. :)

[hwar.livejournal.com]

I think Wendy is fine as a full given name, but some that haven't been mentioned that could contract to Wendy:

Ceridwen
Branwen/Bronwen
Rowena

Gwendolyn is the best/most natural full name that shortens to Wendy, though. Plus there's the alternate nickname Gwen, and in general I think options are good. :)

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

And -wen names are traditionally what Wendy is used for:
Aeronwen
Anwen
Blodwen
Branwen
Bronwen
Ceinwen
Ceridwen
Dilwen
Eilwen
Eirwen
Eurwen
Heulwen
Mairwen
Meinwen
Morwen
Olwen
Rhonwen
Tegwen

I love Olwen, but I like Winnie or Ollie better as nns.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

J. M. Barrie created the name Wendy as a standalone for the play Peter Pan. It's my sister's name. I'm not fond of it.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Maybe Wendoline/Wendolyn? Allegedly they're legit variations of Gwendolyn.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Oh, and also, I do like the name. :)

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Arwen
Wendelin

[starskye.livejournal.com]

I would have never thought of Wendy for Gwendolyn. I never made the association. I like it. Gwendolyn is right up my ally- Long, feminine sounding, a bit unique without being too strange.

I think Wendy stands alone as well, but I like Gwendolyn better.