says no Nope. says no J.M. Barrie didn’t invent the name Wendy Nope. The Straight Dope website Nope. Was the name Wendy invented for the book "Peter Pan"? sort of true and sort of not Nope. says no sort of true and sort of not says no Nope. says no says no Was the name Wendy invented for the book "Peter Pan"? Nope.