Wanderley
Wanderley is a Brazilian surname. The Brazilian family name Vanderlei and Wanderley, now also used as given names, was introduced in Brazil in 1637 by the Dutch cavalry captain Gaspar/Caspar van Niehof van der Leij, who may have been born in Gummersbach.[1][2]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Claudio Wanderley Sarmento Neto (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
- Deraldo Wanderley (born 1956), Brazilian volleyball player
- Erik Wanderley, Brazilian jiujitsu fighter
- Leandro Silva Wanderley (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
- Walter Wanderley (1932–1986), Brazilian organist and pianist
Given name
- Wanderley (footballer, 1938-2020), full name Wanderley Machado da Silva, Brazilian football forward
- Wanderley Alves dos Reis (1945–2012), Brazilian singer-songwriter better known as Wando
- Wanderley Paiva (born 1946), Brazilian football coach
- Wanderley Alves de Oliveira (born 1959), Brazilian footballer
- Wanderley Oliveira (born 1965), Brazilian boxer
- Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo (1966–2006), Brazilian cyclist
- Wanderley de Jesus Sousa (born 1986), Brazilian footballer better known as Derley
- Wanderley (footballer, born 1988), full name Wanderley Santos Monteiro Júnior, Brazilian football forward
Fictional characters
- Travis Wanderley, a character in American Horror Story: Murder House
See also
- Vanderlei, a spelling variant of the name
- Wanderlei, a spelling variant of the name
- Wanderley, Bahia
References
Surname list
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Name list
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