Wendelin

Wendelin is a male given name and a surname of Germanic origin meaning "wander" or "wanderer". In rare cases the name occurs as a female given name. Notable people with the name include:

People

Given name

• Wendelin of Speyer, German printer from 1468 to 1477
• Saint Wendelin of Trier (554-617), hermit and abbot
• Wendelin Boeheim (1832–1900), Austrian army officer and weapons historian
• Wendelin Enders (1922-2019), German politician
• Wendelin Förster (1844-1915), Austrian philologist and Romance scholar
• Wendelin Grimm (1818-1890), American farmer
• Wendelin Mölzer (born 1980), Austrian politician
• Wendelin Moosbrugger (1760-1849), Austrian portrait painter and miniaturist
• Wendelin Joseph Nold (1900-1981), American Catholic bishop
• Wendelin Rauch (1885-1954), German Roman Catholic clergyman
• Wendelin Van Draanen (born 1965), American children's and young-adult fiction writer
• Wendelin Weingartner (born 1937), Austrian politician
• Wendelin Weißheimer (1838-1910), German classical composer
• Wendelin Werner (born 1968), German-born French mathematician
• Wendelin Wiedeking (born 1952), German businessman

Surname

• Godefroy Wendelin (1580-1667), Flemish astronomer
• Martta Wendelin (1893-1986), Finnish painter
• Rudy Wendelin (1910-2000), American artist and creator of Smokey Bear

Characters

• Wendelin the Weird, a 14^th century witch in the Harry Potter franchise

Places

• Wendelin Grimm Farmstead, United States historic place near Victoria, Minnesota
• Wendelin, Illinois, United States
• Wendelin, Ohio, United States

See also

• Wend (disambiguation)
• Wende (disambiguation)
• Wendel (disambiguation)
• Wendell (disambiguation)
• Wendeline (disambiguation)
• Wendelinus (disambiguation)
• Wendl, a surname
• Wendling, upper Austria