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 the Good Little Witch appearance in the theatrical Paramount Casper cartoon short, "Which is Witch" (1958). She was voiced by Mae Questel. In 1963, she became a frequent supporting character in the animated TV series, "The New Casper Cartoon Show", and was voiced by Norma MacMillan (who also voiced Casper). Christina Ricci's character of Kat in Universal's "Casper" movie was originally named Wendy in the script, but to avoid having to purchase the rights to the Wendy character, the name was changed at the last minute. The film does, however, show several hints that the character was originally Wendy, such as the red hoodie