Wanda
Wanda is a girl name of Slavic origin, meaning Wanderer; shepherdess.
What Wanda means
Wanderer; shepherdess.
Wanda sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Wanda comes from
Slavic names are commonly built from two clear elements — peace, glory, world, love — combined into a compound whose meaning reads almost as a wish.
Wanda is recorded as Slavic in origin. Browse other Slavic names.
How popular is Wanda?
Wanda does not currently chart in the top 100 girl names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Wanda
Wanda sits in our the natural world group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Nature
Names like Wanda
These share Wanda's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Borys — Wolf; a fighter.
- Willow — Willow tree — grace and flexibility.
- Wren — The small, spirited songbird.
- Aurora — Dawn; goddess of sunrise.
- Ava — Life, bird, living one.
- Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.
- Haruka — Distant; spring.
- Hazel — The hazelnut tree.
- Ingrid — Beautiful, beloved (of the god Ing).