The Straight Dope: Was the name Wendy invented for the book "Peter Pan"? A Staff Report from the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board Was the name Wendy invented for the book "Peter Pan"? December 17, 2002 Dear Straight Dope: Here's a rumor (and by rumor I mean one of those E-mail-lore things): The name Wendy was made-up for the book Peter Pan. As I have a friend so named, is this true? — Craig Cormier One simple click here shows us that the name Wendy was invented in 1973 for the "Superfriends" cartoon on ABC, the name Marvin having been previously invented by Mel Blanc in the 50s for a series of Bugs Bunny cartoons. Next question? All kidding aside, J. M. Barrie did not invent the name Wendy for his 1904 play Peter Pan, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (the book form of the story, Peter and Wendy, was published in 1911). He did popularize it, though. Barrie apparently was inspired to use the name by a young friend named Margaret Henley, the daughter of writer William Henley.

Margaret, who died around 1895 at age 6, called Barrie her "friendy." Since she couldn't pronounce her Rs at the time, the word came out "fwendy," or "fwendy-wendy," in some versions of the story. But we have absolute proof that there were earlier Wendys, thanks to the just-released 1880 U.S. Census and the 1881 British Census (available here ). These documents show that the name Wendy, while not common, was indeed used in both the U.S. and Great Britain throughout the 1800s. I had no trouble finding twenty females with the first name Wendy in the United States, the earliest being Wendy Gram of Ohio (born in 1828). If you include such spelling variations as Windy, Wendi, Wenda, and Wandy the number triples. As to the origins of said name, websites here and here make the claim that Wendy is a derivative of the name Gwendolen or maybe Gwendolyn. Looking further, I chanced upon World Wide Wendy , a site dedicated to, well, all things Wendy.

On this site, Doctor of Folklore Leslie Ellen Jones discusses the possible Welsh origins of the name Gwendolyn and its derivative Wendy. In both the English and U.S. Census, however, the name Wendy is also used as a male first name, so I suspect further research may be required. Of course, if you go back a few centuries and head east a mite, we have the Chinese emperor Wendi of the Sui dynasty (541-604), and before that the Great Emperor Wendi of the Han dynasty (179 BC-157 BC). But that's stretching it a bit far, don'tcha think? Further reference: Wendy Darling (Character) - Quotes Wendy Darling (Character) from Peter Pan (1953) The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Peter : Forget them, Wendy. Forget them all. Come with me where you'll never, never have to worry about grown up things again. Wendy : Never is an awfully long time. Wendy : Why do you hate him so? Wendy : We must leave at once... before we, in turn, are forgotten.

Wendy : Might I have time to consider your generous offer? Captain Hook : Absolutely. You must! Wendy : What would mother think of my becoming a pirate? [Wendy sews Peter's shadow to his feet] Peter : Oh, the cleverness of me. Wendy : Of course, I did nothing... Peter : You did a little. Wendy : Oh, the cleverness of you. Wendy : Peter. You won't forget me, will you? Peter : Me? Forget? Never. Wendy : Will you ever come back? Peter : To hear stories... About me. [Wendy has just become the Lost Boys' mother] Peter : Discipline. That's what fathers believe in. We must spank the children immediately before they try to kill you again. In fact, we should kill them. Wendy : Father. I agree that they are... perfectly horrid, but... kill them and they should think themselves... important. The Lost Boys: So important, Peter. Wendy : I, propose something far more dreadful. Medicine. The sticky, sweet kind. The Lost Boys: Kill us, Peter.

Wendy : This belongs to you, and always will. Peter : I want always to be a boy, and have fun. Wendy : You say so, but I think it is your biggest pretend. Wendy : Where do you live? Peter : Second to the right, and then straight on till morning. Wendy : They put that on the letters? Peter : Don't get any letters. Wendy : But your mother gets letters. Peter : Don't have a mother. Wendy : No wonder you were crying. Peter : I wasn't crying about mothers. I was crying because I can't get this shadow to stick. And I wasn't crying. Peter : Pirates. John and Michael: Pirates? Wahoo. Wendy : I think you have, Peter. And I daresay you've felt it yourself. For something... or... someone? Peter : Never. Even the sound of it offends me. [Wendy tries to touch his face, and he jumps away] Peter : Why do you have to spoil everything? We have fun, don't we? I taught you to fly and to fight. What more could there be? Wendy : There is so much more.

Peter : What? What else is there? Wendy : I don't know. I guess it becomes clearer when you grow up. Peter : Well, I will not grow up. You cannot make me! Wendy : Once upon a time there was a boy named Peter Pan, who decided not to grow up. Hook : Skip the prologue. Wendy : So he flew away to Neverland where the pirates are. Hook : What fun he must have had. Wendy : Yes but he was rather lonely. Hook : Lonely? He needed a Wendy. Pirate: I need a Wendy. Hook : Why a Wendy? Wendy : Adventures! In which good triumphs over evil! Hook : They all end in a kiss. Hook : A kiss. He does feel! He feels about you. Hook : She told him stories. He taught her to fly. How? Wendy : You just think happy thoughts. They lift you into the air. Hook : Alas, I have no happy thoughts. Wendy : That brings you down! Hook : [Hook threatens to cut Wendy's throat with his hook] How else? Michael : Fairy dust! You need fairy dust! The Lost Boys: Michael!

Hook : What of Pan? Would unhappy thoughts bring him down? Wendy : He has no unhappy thoughts. Wendy : Boy, why are you crying? [Peter and Wendy land to talk to mermaids to find John and Michael] Wendy : Oh, How sweet. Wendy : What? Are mermaids not sweet? Peter : They'll sweetly drown you if you get too close Peter : Well I will not grow up! You cannot make me! I will banish you like Tinkerbell. Wendy : I WILL NOT BE BANISHED! Peter : Then go home. Go home and grow up. And take your feelings with you! Wendy : Peter... I should like to give you a kiss. [Peter holds his hand out] Wendy : Don't you know what a kiss is? Peter : I shall know when you give me one. Slightly : If Hook discovers our hideout, he'll gut us. Slightly : Oh, we live for it! Peter : Promise me one thing... Leave Hook to me. [Wendy snaps back to "reality"] Wendy : Michael. John. My brothers! Wendy : I've yet to have them, but they will be perfectly thrilling.

Peter : Wendy? One girl's worth more than 20 boys. Wendy : [under bed sheets] You really think so? Peter : I live with boys, the lost boys, they are well named! Wendy : Who are they? [asking as she gets out from under sheets and makes Peter fall off the bed] Peter : Children who fall out of their prams when the nurse is not looking. If they are not claimed in seven days, they are sent to the Neverland. Wendy : Are there girls too? Peter : Girls are much to clever to fall out of their prams. [he says as he looks through the heart in Wendy's bed] Twin : Do you tell stories? Peter : Tinkerbell... She's my fairy. Wendy : But, there's no such thing as f- [Peter flies up and closes her mouth] Peter : [firmly] Don't say that. Every time someone says that, a fairy somewhere falls down dead. [he goes to look for Tinkerbell] Peter : And I'll never find her if she's dead! Wendy : You don't mean to tell me... there's a *fairy* in this room?

Wendy : Sir, you are both ungallant and deficient! Peter : How am I deficient? Wendy : You're just a boy. Wendy : My parents wanted me to grow up. Captain Hook : Growing up is such a barbarous business, full of inconvenience... and pimples. Captain Hook : What of Pan? Will unhappy thoughts bring him down too? Wendy : He has no unhappy thoughts. Captain Hook : Oh... Well, what if his Wendy... walked the plank! Wendy : Peter, I'm sorry I must grow up... [Hook grabs her] Wendy : [to Hook] It is just a thimble. Captain Hook : By all means my beauty, give Peter Pan your precious thimble. Wendy : This belongs to you and always will. [Kisses Peter] John : That was no thimble... Michael : That was a hidden kiss. Wendy : Who be you to order me about and call me girlie? Aunt Millicent : A hidden kiss. Wendy : But what is it for? Aunt Millicent : It is for the greatest adventure of all. They that find it have slipped in and out of Heaven.

Wendy : Fly? Peter Pan : It's easy! All you have to do is to... is to... is to... Ha! That's funny. Wendy : What's the matter? Don't you know? Peter Pan : Oh, sure. It's... It's just that I never thought about it before. Say, that's it! You think of a wonderful thought. Wendy : He can fly! Peter Pan : Now you try. Wendy : I'll think of a mermaid lagoon, underneath a magic moon. John : I'll think I'm in a pirate's cave. Michael : I think I'll be an Indian brave. Wendy , John , Michael : We can fly! We can fly! We can fly! [the children all fall to the ground] Peter Pan : This won't do. What's the matter with you? All it takes is faith and trust. Oh! And something I forgot. [grabs Tinkerbell] Michael : Dust? Peter Pan : Yep, just a little bit of pixie dust.

[taps Tinkerbell a bit with his hand to make golden dust come off and rain down on the kids] Peter Pan : Now, think of the happiest things. It's the same as having wings. Peter Pan : Tinker Bell! I hereby banish you forever. Wendy : Please, not forever. Peter Pan : Well, for a week then. Captain Hook : Fly! Fly! Fly! You coward! Peter Pan : Coward! Me? Captain Hook : Ha-ha-ha! You wouldn't dare fight old Hook man-to-man. You'd fly away like a cowardly sparrow! Peter Pan : Nobody calls Pan a coward and lives! I'll fight you man-to-man, with one hand behind my back. Captain Hook : You mean you won't fly? Wendy : No, don't, Peter! It's a trick! Peter Pan : I give my word, Hook. Captain Hook : Good, then let's have at it! John : [as Captain Hook] Blast you, Peter Pan! Michael : [as Peter Pan] Take that! Give up, Captain Hook? You give up? John : Never! I'll teach you to cut off me hand!

Wendy : [coming in; chuckling] Oh, no, John, it was the *left* hand. John : Oh, yes. Thank you, Wendy. Mr. Darling : Wendy, haven't I warned you? Stuffing the boys heads with a lot of silly stories? Wendy : Oh, but they aren't. Mr. Darling : I say they are. Captain Crook! Peter Pirate! Wendy : Peter Pan, Father. Mr. Darling : Pan... Pirate... Poppycock! Wendy : Oh, no, Father! Mr. Darling : Absolute poppycock! Wendy : You can't stick it on with soap, Peter. It needs sewing. That's the proper way to do it. Although, come to think of it, I've never thought about it before... um... sewing shadows, I mean. Squaw : Squaw get 'em firewood! Wendy : Squaw no get 'em firewood! Squaw go home! Wendy : What's the chief doing, John? John : He's giving an oration in sign language. Michael : What's he saying? John : He says... "Peter Pan...

mighty warrior... save Tigerlily... make big chief... heap glad." Wendy : [jokingly] Well, he certainly doesn't look "heap glad". Wendy : How did Nana get your shadow, Peter? Peter Pan : Chomped at me the other night at the window. Wendy : But what were you doing there? Peter Pan : I came to listen to your stories. Wendy : My stories? But they're all about you. Peter Pan : Of course! That's why I like 'em! Peter Pan : Well? Get on with it, girl! Wendy : My name is Wendy. Wendy Moira Angela Darling. [Tinker Bell angrily gestures at Peter] Michael : What's the pixie doing? Wendy : What did she say? Peter Pan : She says you're a big ugly girl! [everybody laughs] Wendy : Oh... well, I think she's lovely. Wendy : Oh! Mother, we're back! Mr. Darling : Lost boys? Ready? Wendy : To grow up. That's why they went back to Neverland. Wendy : Uh... ready to grow up. Mr. Darling : Oh, oh!

Well, my dear... Wendy : Oh, we had such a wonderful time! Well, except when we were kidnapped... Wendy : We had lots of fun with Tinker Bell, and the mermaids, and Peter Pan! Oh, he was the most wonderful person of them all! And then we called him a codfish! [giggles] Wendy : Uh... Captain Hook, I mean. [calms down and starts talking in a dreamy tone] Wendy : And then... we sailed away on a ship in the sky. Mr. Darling : [weirded out by Wendy's story, yawns] Mary, I'm going to bed. Wendy : Peter, what are your exact feelings for me? Peter Pan : Those of a devoted son, Wendy. Wendy : [Annoyed] I thought so. [She sits further away from him] Peter Pan : You're so strange. Tinker Bell's just the same. There's something she wants to be to me, but she says it's not my mother. [Tinker Bell replies "You silly ass" in fairy language] Wendy : I almost agree with her! Peter Pan : There oughta be a fairy for every girl and boy.

Wendy : Oughta be? Isn't there? Peter Pan : Oh, no. Children know such a lot now. Soon they don't believe. And every time a child says "I don't believe in fairies", there's a fairy someplace that falls down dead. Michael : Ready! Peter Pan : [singing] Don't forget, don't be slow/ready set, here we go/Wendy, Michael, John... Tinkerbell, come on/Hurry up after me for soon I will be gone, I'm flying! Wendy : Peter, how old are you? Peter Pan : I don't know. I ran away from home the day I was born. Wendy : Ran away? Why? Peter Pan : Because I heard father and mother discussing what I was to be when I became a man. I want to always be a little boy and have fun! So I ran away, and I've lived a long time among the fairies. Wendy : Peter! You really know fairies? Peter Pan : Yes, but they're nearly all dead now.

You see, Wendy, when the first baby laughed for the very first time, the laugh broke up into a thousand pieces of light, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. So now every time a new baby is born, its first laugh becomes a fairy. Wendy : Peter, why did you come to our nursery window? Peter Pan : To hear a story. None of us know any stories. Wendy : How perfectly awful. Peter Pan : Wendy, your mother was telling you such a lovely story. Wendy : Oh? Which story is it? Peter Pan : It was about the prince... and he couldn't find the lady who wore the glass slipper. Wendy : Ohhh... that was Cinderella, he found her, and they lived happily ever after. Wendy : Where are you going? Peter Pan : To tell the other boys! Wendy : Oh please don't go! I know lots of stories! Wendy : Oh, the stories I could tell the other boys! [first lines] Narrator : Some say that as we grow up, we become different people at different ages, but I don't believe this.

I think we remain the same throughout, merely passing in these years from one room, to another, but always in the same house. If we unlock the rooms of the far past, we can look in and see ourselves beginning to become you and me. Wendy , John : [dressed up like their parents and dancing] One-two-three, one-two-three, one-two-three, one-two-three. Wendy : Liza, We're pretending we're Mother and Father and we're going to the ball tonight, come play! Liza : Always playing games? I have much more important things to do than play make believe and *dahn*-cing. Mrs. Darling : What are you doing in my old hat? Wendy : We're doing an act. John : Yes, we're playing you and Father, I'm Father. A little less noise there, a little less noise! Michael : Mother, they never let me play Father, and they never let me dance. Mrs. Darling : Well, we'll soon fix that. [takes John's hat off and puts it on Michael] Mrs. Darling : There. May I have this dance, Mr. Darling?

Wendy : [about Neverland] Peter, what does it look like? Peter Pan : It's an island, Wendy. Wendy : A large one? Peter Pan : No, quite small, and nicely crammed, so there's hardly any room between one adventure and the next. Wendy : Oh, it sounds wonderful. Who else lives there, Peter? Peter Pan : The Lost Boys. Wendy : Who are they? Peter Pan : They're the children that fall out of their carriages when the nurse is looking the other way. If they're not claimed in 7 days, they're sent far away to Neverland... I'm Captain. Wendy : You won't forget to come for me, Peter. Please - please don't forget. Hook (1991) Wendy Darling : The stories are true! I swear to you! I swear on everything I adore, and now he's come back to seek his revenge. The fight isn't over for Captain James Hook. He wants you back. He knows that you'll follow Jack and Maggie to the ends of the earth and beyond. And by heaven, you must find a way. Only you can save your children.

Somehow, you must go back. You must make yourself remember. Peter Banning : Remember what? Wendy Darling : Peter, don't you know who you are? [Wendy opens up the book and shows an illustration of Peter Pan as Peter looks in disbelief] Wendy Darling : [whispers] Yes, boy. Yes. [Peter recalls a memory from his childhood] Wendy Darling : Peter, I can't come with you. I've forgotten how to fly. I'm old, Peter. Ever so much more than twenty. I grew up a long time ago. Young Peter Pan : No, no, no! You promised! Wendy Darling : I have children of my own now. They have children of their own. That's my grandchild, Moira, asleep in the bed. Peter Banning : [voiceover] When I saw her lying there sleeping, that moment, something changed in me forever. Young Peter Pan : I shall give her a kiss. [takes out a thimble] Wendy Darling : No. No, Peter. No buttons. No thimbles. I couldn't bear to see Moira's heart to be broken when she finds she can't keep you. Young Peter Pan : No.

I mean a real kiss. Wendy Darling : So, Peter, you've become a pirate. Maggie : But Jack says you're not the really real Wendy. Wendy Darling : Ahh. Well, do you see where Jack is, hmm? Well, that is the same window and this is the same room where we made up our bedtime stories about Peter and Neverland and scary old Captain Hook. And did you know? Mr. Barrie - well, Sir James, our neighbor - he loved our stories so much, he wrote them all down in a book, oh dear me, eighty years ago. Maggie : You're really old. Wendy Darling : What is this? [she points to Jack's baseball mitt] Jack : Oh, it's a baseball glove. You can catch things with it, take hot things out of the oven, or you can even hit your sister with it. [last lines] Granny Wendy : So... your adventures are over. Peter Banning : Oh, no. To live... to live would be an awfully big adventure. Wendy Darling : [leaving the room after putting Maggie and Jack to bed] Dear night-lights, protect my sleeping babes.

Burn clear and steadfast tonight. Wendy Darling : Boy, why are you crying? Peter Banning : I don't know. A tear for every happy thought. Wendy Darling : [in intertitles] Peter, what are your exact feelings for me? Peter Pan : [in intertitles] Those of a devoted son, Wendy. Peter Pan : [in intertitles] You're so puzzling. Tiger Lily's just the same. There's something she wants to be to me, but she says it's not my mother. Wendy Darling : [in intertitles] Though the children stayed away for many moons, the beautiful mother always left the window open for them to fly back. I do like a mother's love, don't you? Michael Nicholas Darling : [in intertitles] I do just. Wendy Darling : [in intertitles] Where do you live? Peter Pan : [in intertitles] Second to the right and then straight on till morning. Wendy Darling : [in intertitles] Well, once upon a time there was a gentleman ~ Nibs : [in intertitles] I had rather he had been a lady.

Wendy Darling : [in intertitles] There was a lady also ~ and what do you think they had? Wendy Darling : [in intertitles] They had three descendants. Nibs : [in intertitles] I wish they had been white rats. Wendy Darling : John, wake up! There is a boy here who is to teach us to fly. [Peter nods] Wendy Darling : He's going to take us to the Never Land. He says there are mermaids and redskins. John Napoleon Darling : I say, I'll get up at once... hello, I am up! Wendy Darling : Oh Peter, you look like Napolean. Peter Pan : I am like him, he was little too. Peter Pan (2000) (TV) [first lines] Wendy Moira Angela Darling : Stars are beautiful, but they may not take an active part in anything, they must just look on forever. The older ones have become glassy-eyed and seldom speak, but the little ones still wonder. They are not really friendly to Peter Pan, who has a mischievous way of sneaking up behind them and trying to blow them out.

But they are so fond of fun that they were on his side tonight and anxious to get the grown-ups out of the way. As soon as Mr. and Mrs. Darling were out of the house, the smallest of the stars in the Milky Way screamed out, "Now Peter!" Wendy Moira Angela Darling : Where do you live? Peter Pan : Second to the right, and straight on till morning. Peter Pan : Don't have a mother. Peter Pan : You musn't touch me! No one has ever touched me! Peter Pan : ...I don't know. Wendy Moira Angela Darling : Oh, it sounds lovely. Neverland! Who else lives there, Peter? Wendy Moira Angela Darling : Oh, what fun it must be! Peter Pan : Yes. Of course, we are rather lonely. Wendy Moira Angela Darling : Are none of the others girls? Peter Pan : No, girls you know are much too clever to fall out of their carriages. Baelfire : The... what? Wendy Darling : A few weeks ago, right about the time you got here, this shadow, it came to the window. Only it's not attached to a body.

And it can do so many wonderful things, like... like change its shape and fly and travel between worlds. And do you know why? Because it has magic! Baelfire : Whatever you do, promise me you'll never open that window again. Promise me you won't talk to the shadow. Wendy Darling : Don't be silly. Baelfire : Magic is dangerous! It always comes with a price. John Darling : You're just saying that 'cause you don't believe. Baelfire : No, I do believe. That's the point, I've seen magic. I come from another land. A land where magic is everywhere. Wendy Darling : Is that really true? Because it sounds wonderful! Baelfire : It isn't what you think. Magic is the reason I left. I lost everything because of it. Wendy Darling : Your mother and father. Baelfire : Magic destroyed my family. I don't want it to do the same to yours. Wendy Darling : It's an island where there are no grown-ups to tell you what to do, but there are mermaids and fairies and all sorts of mystical creatures. Baelfire : Then why did you return?

Wendy Darling : Because... when night fell, that's when all the children started to miss their parents and they cried through the night. Baelfire : Why don't they go home? Wendy Darling : The shadow won't let them. There's a reason it's called Neverland. Because once you set foot on its soil, the Shadow never lets you leave. Baelfire : How did you escape? Wendy Darling : He let me go, because he didn't want me. He wanted a boy. Wendy Darling | Disney Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Wendy Darling is the deuteragonist in Walt Disney 's 1953 feature film Peter Pan , based on the original character from J.M. Barrie's original novel . Contents [ show ] Background Wendy is an English girl living in London during the Edwardian era . While her age isn't specified, she is usually portrayed as a preteen on the brink of adolescence. Throughout her childhood, she lived with her parents, George and Mary , her brothers, Michael and John , as well as their dog Nana , who doubled as the children's daily caretaker when their parents were absent on their dates or parties.

Being the eldest child of a middle-class family of the era, Wendy served as a heavy influence on her brothers, specifically in regards to their love of Peter Pan and his lore. She would regularly tell the boys stories of Peter's various adventures in the supposedly fictitious isle of Neverland , most notably the stories of his battles with the villainous Captain Hook . To most people (her father, for instance), Peter Pan and the stories surrounding him were nothing more than a childish fantasy. To Wendy and her brothers, however, the legends of Pan were all too true, and his stories were used to maintain the fun and whimsy of their childhood, despite their parents encouraging the act of practical behavior. Voice Wendy was originally voiced by Kathryn Beaumont who also voiced Alice in Alice in Wonderland . When Beaumont retired from voicing Wendy in 2005, voice actress Hynden Walch has taken over the role and has been Wendy's current voice actress since. Kat Cressida (the voice of the similarly-aged Dee Dee from Dexter's Laboratory) briefly voiced Wendy for a short period of time. Kath Soucie voices adult Wendy while Harriet Owen also voices young Wendy in Return to Never Land .

Maia Mitchell voiced Wendy in the Jake and the Neverland Pirates movie Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Battle for the Book . Personality Wendy is imaginative, mature and very maternal. She loves to care for others and tell stories to her younger brothers, Michael and John. Though her imagination is vivid and praised by them, her storytelling was initially looked down upon by her father, George , who found Wendy's stories and childlike nature to be immature and ridiculous, and voiced his desire to have her abandon her childhood as soon as possible to prepare herself for eventual adulthood. Because of this, she grew a fear of growing up and found comfort in the stories of Peter Pan and Neverland . Nevertheless, upon visiting Neverland for the first time, Wendy ironically found her maturity and motherly instincts surfacing and growing. During her brief time, yet life changing experience on the island it became a more prominent part of her character as all the adventurous events unfolded. This led Wendy to finally accepting the fact that she will inevitably become an adult, one day. Even so, the young girl didn't allow this revelation to destroy her wondrous imagination.

As an adult (seen in Return to Never Land ) Wendy hasn't lost her belief in Peter Pan, and tells stories about him to her two children, Jane and Danny . She has grown into a caring, smart, kind, and beautiful woman. Appearances Peter Pan Wendy in the original film Wendy is introduced as the eldest child of George and Mary Darling. According to the narrator, she is an expert on Peter Pan, and the source of stories about him. However, when the practical George learns that she is once again telling stories to John and Michael, he disciplines her. He angrily tells her that it's time for her to grow up, and that night will be her last one in the nursery ; the next, she will be forced to have a separate room. (Dialogue between them strongly suggests that this has been going on for a while now, and him punishing her is an indication that he is fed up with her childish stories.) As Mary is tucking her into bed, Wendy tells her that she does not want to grow up. As Mary goes to close the window, Wendy warns her not to lock it. According to Wendy, she has Peter's shadow , and she is certain that he will come back for it.

Later that night, Wendy is awakened and startled when Peter is trying to get his shadow on. Wendy offers to sew it on for him (as he is trying to reattach it with a bar of soap). Through conversation, Wendy learns that Peter likes to hear her stories. However, when Peter learns that she is to "grow up" and leave the nursery for good, Peter offers to take her to Never Land where she would never have to grow up. There, she could be the mother of the boys who live there and tell them many stories. Wendy tries to kiss Peter out of gratitude, but Tinker Bell , who is jealous, pulls Wendy's hair causing Peter to chase her around the room trying to shove her with his hat. By this time, Michael and John awaken and are allowed to go with them. Peter sprinkles them with pixie dust , and after a few false tries, they are able to fly by thinking happy thoughts. They then fly to Neverland. When they reach there, they are attacked by Captain Hook. Tinker Bell is asked to lead Wendy, John, and Michael to safety, but soon leaves them behind.

By the time Wendy catches up, she is shot at by the Lost Boys , mistaking her as a bird (also called a Wendy-Bird by the Lost Boys). Though she is not hit, she falls towards the ground before being saved by Peter. After scolding the boys, Peter introduces Wendy as their new mother. Later, Peter takes Wendy to meet the mermaids in their lagoon . However, they take a jealous dislike for her and begin to mock and tease her, even attempting to pull her into the water and drown her. An angered Wendy picks up a seashell and is about to hit them in defense but she is stopped by Peter who assures her that they were only playing. Suddenly, the lagoon darkens and Peter spots that Hook is close by. Terrified, the mermaids dive into the water and hide. Peter and Wendy follow Hook to Skull Rock and discover that the pirate has captured Tiger Lily , the Indian Princess. Wendy watches as Peter defeats Hook and rescues Tiger Lily, but is left behind when Peter flies off with Tiger Lily but tries to keep up. Wendy attends a celebration at the Indian Camp in honor of Peter's rescue of Tiger Lily.

However, Wendy is soon put to work gathering firewood and is not allowed to join the festivities. She leaves in a huff when she sees Tiger Lily flirting with Peter. At Hangman's Tree , Wendy decides to go home in the morning with Michael and John, much to the anger of Peter. After talking to Michael, she realizes that he is forgetting what home is like, and sings to him about their mother. After hearing her song, the Lost Boys decide to return with her, infuriating Peter, who believes they are going back to grow up, never to return. Wendy, her parents, and Nana witnessing Hook's ship in the clouds As they go to leave, Wendy and the boys are captured by Hook. Wendy remains faithful that Peter will save them until Hook reveals that he has placed a bomb in the hideout. He gives the children the option of joining his crew , but they refuse. He then forces Wendy to walk the plank. As she drops, she is rescued in secret by Peter, who had been saved from the bomb by Tinker Bell. Peter frees Wendy and the boys and Wendy watches them as they take on Hook.

After the battle, Peter reveals that he will take Wendy, John, and Michael back home, which pleases Wendy. Peter uses pixie dust to make Hook's ship fly. Wendy is next seen asleep on the window seat, where her parents find her when they return home. Wendy happily announces that she is ready to grow up, but George reveals that he has changed his mind and decided that Wendy can stay in the nursery. He then notices a ship made of clouds sailing across the moon and realizes that he saw it when he was young. Wendy is last seen looking at it through the window with her parents, as the wind breaks it into clouds itself. Return to Never Land Wendy reunited with Peter Pan in Return to Never Land. Wendy reappears as an adult in the sequel. By this time, she has married a man named Edward and has two children, Jane and Danny . She still tells them stories about Peter Pan. However, when World War II hits, Edward leaves with the British army, leaving her alone with them. Eventually, the war takes its toll on Jane, and she stops believing in her mother's stories.

One day, Wendy reveals to her and Danny that they must be sent to the countryside for safety, and asks Jane to tell stories to Danny. An angry Jane ridicules Wendy's stories and their faith in them, in very much the same way as her grandfather did in the first film. Wendy appears again at the end of the film when Jane returns with Peter. While she is with Danny, Wendy is able to meet Peter again. He is distraught that she has grown up, but she assures him that she hasn't changed. She is last seen reuniting with Edward, who has returned home from the war. Tinker Bell Wendy in Tinker Bell A younger version of Wendy makes a cameo appearance as a little girl in the prequel. In the middle of the film, Tinker Bell finds a ballerina music box. At the end, Queen Clarion , the queen of the fairies, allows her to travel to the Main Land to return it. When she arrives in London, she leaves it by a window, where Wendy, as a little girl, arrives and takes it in. Jake and the Never Land Pirates Wendy as she appears in Jake and the Never Land Pirates Wendy made a special appearance in the special.

In it, Captain Hook learned of Wendy's beloved stories revolving Peter and his adventures, which inevitably end with Hook's defeat and humiliation. Embarrassed by his betrayal in the book, Hook, Smee , and his crew traveled to London and steal it in an attempt to destroy it. However, more urgently, it served as the connection between Wendy and Never Land, and as a result, the more it is damaged, the more Wendy's memories of Peter and Never Land as a whole are obliterated, prompting Peter to rally a crew of wholesome Never Land pirates to help battle Hook and save Wendy's memories. To help further the success, Wendy, John, Michael, and Nana tag along on the adventure as well. Cameos Wendy makes numerous cameo appearances in the House of Mouse , in her younger incarnation from the original film. She is usually seen flying with Peter, John, and Michael while her parents are nightclub patrons. She can be seen in Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse , during the finale song , with Peter, John, and Michael.

She was seen with her brothers during the headcount of all the guests in the episode " Ask Von Drake " In the episode " House of Scrooge ", she was seen storming out of the club with the audience that are tired of Scrooge's budget cuts. Live-action appearances Once Upon a Time Wendy as she appears on Once Upon a Time Wendy and her family made an appearance on the second season of the fairy tale drama, Once Upon a Time . She was played by Freya Tingley . She was dressed in a nightgown that is far more elaborate and frilly than the Disney version, having a yoke and colored in white instead of blue; it more closely resembles the version from the 2003 film. One day a boy named Baelfire comes to the Darlings' house to steal some bread. Wendy catches him but lets him eat as much as he likes. They soon become very good friends. She lets him stay in her house in secret, but her parents soon discover him. However, they decided to let him live with them after Wendy convinces George to let him stay. During this time, a shadow comes to the nursery window and takes her away to Neverland.

The following morning she returns home after realizing how Neverland was not such a happy place after all. The shadow also let her return home because he wanted to take a boy instead of a girl. She worries through tears that it will take John or Michael away and she will never see them again. That night, after Mary tucks them in for the night and leaves, they try to prevent it from coming but they are unsuccessful. It is about to kidnap Michael but Bae tells it to take him instead. It agrees and Wendy and her brothers then see him leave their home forever. Some time later, despite Wendy's previous escape from Neverland, she had somehow become Peter's prisoner when she and her brothers had returned to Neverland. In exchange for her safety, John and Michael agreed to become servants to Peter. Due to imprisonment on Neverland, Wendy never aged while John and Michael returned home and grew older throughout the years. In the present day, she is used by Peter to cement Henry 's loyalty to him by posing as an ill member of the Lost Boys in order to make his goals appear benevolent by trying to help her and Neverland.

While this does motivate Henry, Wendy dislikes lying to him, but Peter states it is necessary for the truest believer to believe in a goal, his goals. Peter quickly places Wendy back in prison after she plays her part, indicating that this version cruelly mistreats her unlike the original story or the Disney version. Wendy is eventually freed from Neverland and reunited with her brothers in Storybrooke . Video Games Wendy appears in Neverland in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories . In the original Kingom Hearts , Wendy was mistakingly believed to be one of the seven "Princesses of Heart", and was kidnapped by Captain Hook as a result. However, upon learning from Maleficent that she is not one of the chosen ones, Riku ordered Hook to leave all deadweight behind on Neverland, including Wendy, though Hook refused as a result of how much trouble it was to capture her. Meanwhile, Peter Pan arrives on the Jolly Roger to rescue Wendy, and does so after finding her unconscious in the middle of it.

After being escorted to London, Wendy awaits Peter's arrival at Big Ben , where they share a moment, with her asking him to stay with her in London, though she eventually agrees that Neverland is where he truly belongs and accepts his departure. In Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories , Wendy appears as a figment of Sora 's memories, where she's used as bait by Captain Hook in order to lure Peter to his doom. Disney Parks Wendy posing for a photo at Disneyland Paris Wendy appears as a meetable character at the Disney theme parks around the world, dressed as she appeared in the original film (blue hair tie holding her ringlet ponytail, light blue nightgown, black bedroom ballet slippers). A longer-sleeved variation of her nightgown is worn during the cold winter months, more resembling a blue bathrobe than a nightgown or pajamas. She used to be rare to meet at Disneyland , but would appear semi-often at Walt Disney World (occasionally explaining that she often comes back from the nursery or Neverland ) [1] . Disneyland Resort Wendy appears as an audio-animatronic in Peter Pan's Flight . She plays the same role she did in the original film.

In the Disneyland version of Fantasmic! , Wendy is seen assisting Peter in his battle with Hook and his crew during the Peter Pan segment. Walt Disney World Resort Wendy appeared in the former castle stage show, Dream Along With Mickey , in the Magic Kingdom . She, along with Peter, help fulfill Goofy 's dream in becoming a pirate, and battles Captain Hook and Smee. She is last seen during the finale "Any Dream is Possible". In the show, her nightgown was much more elaborate, resembling an actual one with frills and lace. Disneyland Paris In France, Wendy can be seen in Disney Dreams! . Here, she and Peter are about to take a flight when his shadow escapes and releases the magic from the Second Star to the Right . After he finds it and restores the magic, he and Wendy enjoy their postponed flight. Trivia Wendy's facial features are extremely similar to Alice from Alice in Wonderland . It makes sense because her film movements and voice were taken from Kathryn Beaumont. Wendy's name comes from one of J.M. Barrie 's friends in adulthood, Margaret Henley who died at age five-and-a-half. She called him her "friendy," which came out pronounced "fwendy".

In some Disney storybooks Wendy's nightgown and hair tie are pink instead of blue. While most illustrations of Wendy show her and her brothers as being barefoot, the Disney version is the only one that depicts her with shoes. However, she was seen barefoot for a split-second when Peter Pan arrives at the nursery to get his shadow back. Most illustrations and depictions of Wendy show her wearing nightgowns that have long sleeves; the Disney movie and Once Upon a Time are the only two known versions that have her doing so. Despite not making an appearance in Kinect Disneyland Adventures , Wendy is mentioned several times by Peter Pan. Kathryn Beaumont was originally supposed to reprise her role as Wendy in Return to Neverland, but for unknown reasons, she was replaced by Kath Soucie. Wendy's nightgown has been turned into an actual sleepwear for girls numerous times to promote the film. Gallery The Disney Wiki has a collection of images and media related to Wendy Darling . References Wendy name meaning The name Wendy is a baby girl name . Meaning German Meaning: The name Wendy is a German baby name . In German the meaning of the name Wendy is: Family; Wanderer. American Meaning: The name Wendy is an American baby name .

In American the meaning of the name Wendy is: Family; Wanderer. English Meaning: The name Wendy is an English baby name . In English the meaning of the name Wendy is: Literary; a created name that first appeared in James Banie's Peter Pan. Numerology SoulUrge Number: 5 People with this name have a deep inner desire for travel and adventure, and want to set their own pace in life without being governed by tradition. Expression Number: 8 People with this name are competent, practical, and often obtain great power and wealth. They tend to be successful in business and commercial affairs, and are able to achieve great material dreams. Because they often focus so strongly on business and achievement, they may neglect their private lives and relationships. Rate this name:

Question: The name Wendy was first made up in which famous book?
Answer: Peter Pan