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Vendela

OriginScandinavian
Meaning"wanderer"

About Vendela

An unusual name associated with the gorgeous Swedish-Norwegian model, actress, and TV host, Vendela is possibly a feminine form of Wendell.

Pronounced VEN-del-ah.

As of October 2026, Vendela ranked #19424 in US births in 2011 SSA, peaked at #9521 in 1993.

Editor: Pamela Redmond

Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.

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Famous Vendelas

  • Vendela Maria Kirsebom

    Norwegian,Swedish model

  • Vendela Vida

    American novelist

  • Vendela Skytte

    Swedish noblewoman and salonist

  • Vendela Zachrisson

    Santén, Swedish Olympic sailor

  • (Vendela) Astrid Paterson Young

    Canadian singer; half,sister of singer Neil Young

Vendela in pop culture

  • Vendela

    character on TV's "American Horror Story: Hotel"

  • Swedish feminine form of Wendel (which was originally a shortened form of various Germanic compound names beginning with the element wandal = "a Vandal" – i.e. a member of the Vandals

    the Germanic tribe that sacked Rome in 455)

  • Related: Wendeline

    Wendell, Wendla, Wendolyn

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