A famous bearer of the name is Wanda Maximoff, Scarlet Witch from Marvel's Comics and Cinematic Universe.
― Anonymous User 6/12/2017
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Wanda Sykes is an American comedian, writer, actress and voice artist. She was first recognized for her work as a writer on The Chris Rock Show, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1999. In 2004, Entertainment Weekly named Sykes as one of the 25 funniest people in America. She is also known for her role as Barb Baran on CBS' The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–10) and for appearances on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm (2001–11). From 2009 to 2010, Sykes hosted her own late-night talk show, The Wanda Sykes Show, which aired Saturday evenings on Fox. Aside from her television appearances, Sykes has also had a career in film, appearing in Monster-in-Law (2005), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006), Evan Almighty (2007) and License to Wed (2007), as well as voicing characters in the animated films Over the Hedge (2006), Barnyard (2006), Brother Bear 2 (2006), Rio (2011), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) and Ice Age: Collision Course (2016).
Wanda Osiris was an Italian revue soubrette, actress and singer. Born Anna Menzio in Rome, the daughter of a groom, she studied violin at a young age. She debuted on stage in 1923, in the revue Osvaldo mio mi fai morire. She was the major diva of the Italian revue between 1930s and 1950s, until a new type of soubrette, more saucy and comical, surfaced. She retired in 1975 and died in 1994 of a heart attack at the age of 89.
In the book series 'Magic School Bus', there's a Chinese-American girl named Wanda. She's very challenging in positive way, grand and full of self-confident. I got good image of name Wanda from her. :) Another famous Wanda would be the female fairy from The Fairly Oddparents.
Wanda is the name of an Oriental student in Joanna Cole's Magic School Bus series. Also, an adult character on the children's show Wishbone is named Wanda.
Wanda was the protagonist of Nobel-prize winning German novelist Gerhart Hauptmann's 1926 novel, "Wanda, der Dämon." This novel was made into a movie in 1952. The name is not uncommon in Germany.