Wanda

Resolute protector

A name, from Walter, from Waltier, from Waltheri (compare, which see for more details), from Waldahari, from Waldaharjaz, Related Compare herald and Harold, in which these elements are reversed

Or a feminine diminutive of William, often in the form

Popularized by the character in 's play, Peter Pan (1904) (though occasionally found earlier; the author explained that he got it from Fwendy-Wendy ("friend"), a nickname given to him by a child

Several places in England, from west + lēah

Brave in war; from Old English 'wigheard'

From the - surname (de) Warenne, a reference to a place called Varenne, a hamlet near, along the river Varenne in Normandy, from Warinna, a hydronym of /- origin, from var-, t=river, water, ultimately from h₂wer-; see also the Latin river Avara