Wendt Family History
Wendt Name Meaning
German and Danish: ethnic name for a Wend Middle High German wind(e). The Wends (i.e. Polabian Slavs Pomeranians and Sorbians) once occupied a large area of northeastern and eastern Germany (extending as far west as Lüneburg with an area called Wendland; see Wendland ) and many German placenames and surnames are of Wendish origin. Today of all Wendish people only Sorbians still exist (in Lusatia in eastern Germany). See also Serbin
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022