The name of the project, referring to the mountain Wendelstein in Bavaria, was decided at the end of the 1950s, referencing the preceding project from Princeton University under the name Project Matterhorn.
Ime projekta, koje se odnosi na planine Wendelstein u Bavarskoj, dodijeljeno je na kraju 1950-ih, pozivajući se na prethodni projekt Sveučilišta Princeton pod nazivom Projekt Matterhorn.