Wendy 1904 play "Peter Pan" and its 1911 novelization "Peter and Wendy" by J. M. Barrie. Its popularity reached a peak in the 1960s but subsequently declined. The name was inspired by young Margaret Henley, daughter of Barrie's poet friend W. E. Henley. With the common childhood difficulty pronouncing "R"s, Margaret reportedly used to call him "my fwiendy-wendy". The name Wendy in Dutch is either of Anglo-Saxon origin or an abbreviation of names such as Wendela (an old-fashioned name which probably means related to the Vandals). Chinese women with the same or similar-sounding characters as their given names often anglicise their
Wendy (singer) in the song's music video. On August 1, 2014, Wendy made her official debut as a member of Red Velvet. Wendy collaborated with rapper Yuk Jidam for the song "Return", which is part of the OST of KBS2's "". The song was released on June 8, 2015 and debuted at number 31 on the Gaon Singles Chart. She released another song "Let You Know" for the soundtrack of the JTBC drama "D-Day" on October 16. In January 2016, Wendy became a long-term panelist on "We Got Married" and participated in "King of Mask Singer" as a contestant under the alias