Wanda

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US/ˈwɑndə/UK/ˈwɒndə//ˈwɑːndə/

proper noun

A female given name from Polish.

OriginPolish Wanda →
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Meanings

Wanda1

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Polish.

    "Speaking of names, you're the first white Wanda I ever met." Wanda peeled off two sweaters and a woolen scarf." Well, you're the fifth or sixth colored I've had to tell that Wanda is an old Polish name I inherited from my Polish great-grandmother on me sweet dead mother's side;

    1998, Barbara Neely, Blanche Cleans Up, Penguin, published 1999, →ISBN, page 12

Wanda2

proper noun
  1. A Bantu language of Tanzania.

Origin

  1. PolishWanda
  2. EnglishWanda

Borrowed from Polish Wanda, possibly derived from an ethnic term for “a Wend”.

More words from Polish

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Translations

Czech Vanda
  • Vandafemale given name
Latvian Vanda
  • Vandafemale given name
Polish Wanda
  • Wandafemale given name
Swedish Vanda
  • Vandafemale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Wanda

hondaRwandaRhondaRedondaLittle Redonda
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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Wanda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wanda

MLA

“Wanda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wanda. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wanda,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wanda.

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