Wendy is a girl's name, and in most learners' dictionaries it appears because of one particular Wendy: Wendy Darling, the older sister in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan (1904).

Wendy is a girl's nameWendy是一個女生的名字，and in most learners' dictionaries而且在大多數學習型字典裡 it appears because of one particular Wendy它會出現是因為某一個特定的Wendy：Wendy Darling, the older sisterWendy Darling，那個姊姊 in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan (1904)出自J. M. Barrie在1904年寫的《Peter Pan》。

Peter flies in through her bedroom window and takes her and her two brothers to Neverland, where she looks after the Lost Boys. She is the character who has to grow up, while Peter never does — that contrast is the heart of the story.

Peter flies in through her bedroom window彼得從她的臥室窗戶飛進來 and takes her and her two brothers to Neverland帶她和她兩個弟弟去夢幻島，where she looks after the Lost Boys在那裡她照顧那群Lost Boys。She is the character who has to grow up她是那個必須長大的角色，while Peter never does而彼得永遠不用——that contrast is the heart of the story這個對比就是這個故事的核心。

Barrie is usually credited with inventing the name, or at least with making it a real name people give their daughters: he said it came from a small child who called him 'Fwendy-Wendy', a child's way of saying 'friend'.

Barrie is usually credited with inventing the nameBarrie通常被認為發明了這個名字，or at least with making it a real name people give their daughters或至少讓它變成一個真的會被拿來給女兒取的名字：he said他說 it came from a small child who called him 'Fwendy-Wendy'這名字是來自一個叫他'Fwendy-Wendy'的小孩，a child's way of saying 'friend'是小孩子說'friend'（朋友）的方式。

Before the play the name was very rare; afterwards it became common, especially in Britain and America in the middle of the twentieth century, so today it can sound like a name from your mother's or grandmother's generation.

Before the play在這齣戲之前 the name was very rare這名字很少見；afterwards it became common之後就變常見了，especially in Britain and America in the middle of the twentieth century尤其是在二十世紀中期的英國和美國，so today it can sound like a name from your mother's or grandmother's generation所以現在聽起來會像是媽媽或奶奶那一輩的名字。

You will also meet 'Wendy house' in British English, meaning a small playhouse for children — named after the little house the Lost Boys build for Wendy.

You will also meet 'Wendy house'你還會看到'Wendy house'這個說法 in British English在英式英語裡，meaning a small playhouse for children意思是給小孩玩的小屋（遊戲屋）——named after the little house the Lost Boys build for Wendy得名自Lost Boys為Wendy蓋的那間小屋。