Baby name
Wanda
/WON · dah/
Meaning
“Of Germanic or Slavic origin”
Of Germanic or Slavic origin, possibly meaning 'a Wend' (a Slavic people) or 'wanderer'.
How it ages.
Strongly associated with women born before 1960 in English-speaking countries; having a quirky pop-culture moment.
The cultural moment.
Marvel's Wanda Maximoff (WandaVision) created a noticeable bump in registrations, a rare case of IP driving name revival.