Girls' names beginning with W
Names official statistics record as used for girls, whose recorded spelling begins with this letter.
Usage is read from official statistics — which of a registrar's lists published the name — never from an opinion about the name and never as a statement about any child. A name published on both lists is recorded as used for both and is not in either of these pages.
65 names beginning with "W"
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From the name of the willow tree, ultimately from Old English 'welig' — an English nature/word name.
Popularized by J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan, where the character's name was created from the nickname 'fwendy' ('friend') given to Barrie by a young friend. Occasionally appeared before the play and may relate to Welsh names beginning with 'gwen' ('white, blessed'), though the name only became common after Barrie's play.
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