Wendelin (first name)
Wendelin is a male name .
Origin and meaning
Wendelin is a nickname of first names like Wendelmar , which contain the name element wendel " Vandale ".
The name has become popular with St. Wendelin , patron saint of shepherds and country folk, farmers, day laborers and farm workers.
variants
- Latin Wendelinus, Wendalinus
- ancient: Vendalin, Vandalin
short:
- Helix
name day
As a name day is on October 20 celebrated.
Well-known namesake
Single name
- St. Wendelin (6th century), Catholic saint, missionary in the Diocese of Trier
- Wendelinus de Spira (Wendelin von Speyer; † 1477), formerly a printer in Venice
First name
- Wendelin Beck (1908–1978), Liechtenstein politician (VU)
- Wendelin Beyschlag (1575 - after 1622), German sculptor
- Wendelin von Boch-Galhau (* 1942), since 1998 CEO of the family company Villeroy & Boch AG
- Wendelin Boeheim (1832–1900), Austrian officer
- Wendelin Enders (1922–2019), German educator and politician (SPD)
- Wendelin Ettmayer (* 1943), Austrian politician and author
- Wendelin Foerster (1844–1915), Austrian-Czech Romanist
- Wendelin Freienstein (1909–1973), German lawyer and administrative officer
- Wendelin Haid (1803–1876), German Roman Catholic theologian
- Wendelin Haverkamp (* 1947), German cabaret artist, author, musician, composer and radio host
- Wendelin Heene (1855–1913), Swiss architect
- Wendelin Hinterkeuser (1851–1921), German Franciscan
- Wendelin Hoffmann (1845–1891), German builder and mayor of Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- Wendelin Knoch (* 1943), German priest and theologian
- Wendelin Köster (* 1939), German Roman Catholic religious chaplain
- Wendelin Küpers (* 1965), German economist
- Wendelin Kusche (1926–2003), German painter and art lecturer
- Wendelin Lampert (* 1970), Liechtenstein politician (FBP)
- Wendelin Leweke (1927–1996), German journalist
- Wendelin von Maltzahn (1815–1889), Prussian literary researcher
- Wendelin Mangold (* 1940), Russian-German Germanist and writer
- Wendelin Manser (* 1960), Swiss entrepreneur and politician
- Wendelin Mölzer (* 1980), Austrian politician (FPÖ)
- Wendelin Moosbrugger (1760–1849), German portrait and miniature painter
- Wendelin Morgenthaler (1888–1963), German politician (CDU)
- Wendelin Rauch (1885–1954), Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
- Wendelin Schmidt-Dengler (1942–2008), Austrian literary and linguist
- Wendelin Thomas (1884–1947), German politician (SPD, USPD, KPD)
- Wendelin Tieffenbrucker (* before 1551, † after 1611), one of the most important lute makers of his time
- Wendelin Überzwerch (actually Karl Wilhelm Fuß; 1893–1962), German writer
- Wendelin Weingartner (* 1937), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Wendelin Weißheimer (1838–1910), German composer
- Wendelin Werner (* 1968), French mathematician
- Wendelin Wiedeking (* 1952), German manager
- Wendelin Zink (1777–1840), Catholic priest
Fictional people
- a fictional character by Loriot, see Wum (cartoon)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rosa Kohlheim, Duden, The large first name dictionary, Dudenverlag, Mannheim, 1998, ISBN 3411060816