We’ve pointed out some time back that the name “Wanda” comes up in context other than the Wanda legend.
Gesta Abbatum Fontanellensium Again
Thus, in the Gesta Abbatum Fontanellensium we have – in addition to Saint Wandregisel or Wandrille of Fontenelle, the abbey’s founder (circa 570 – 668) – the later abbot and Saint, Wando (abbot 742 – 756) who, strangely, ended up exiled to Utrecht (On Slavic (?) Utrecht see here and here). 
We mentioned this Saint before but he gets his own chapter in the above Gesta (which also mentions a rivulet and town called Vinlena or Wintlana and other interesting rivers such as Vimina and Visrona):
Tawagalawa Letter
But there are other places where the name comes up. For example, on the other side of the continent (well, technically, in Asia), there appears the name Millawanda (Milawata; Miletus?) and Waliwanda of the “Tawagalawa Letter” (of the Ahhiyawa Texts) written by a Hittite king (Hattusili III?) to a king of Ahhiyawa (Beckham, Bryce, Cline translation):
“But when I arrived in the town of Waliwanda, I sent to him…” (section 2)
“…And [I wrote to Piyamaradu?] in Millawanda: ‘Come here to me’…” (section 4)
“…Then I went to Millwanada… When Tawagalawa himself, [as the representative of?] the Greak King, crossed over to Millawanda…” (section 5)
“… If you/he were [to…] Millawanda, then my servants would flee en masse to that […] one. And, my brother, I have… over against the land of Millawanda.”
These are in addition to other interesting place names such as Wilusa or Mount Hariyati that make their appearance in the Ahhiyawa Texts.
Of course, even further East we have Lake Van and even further East there lies Mount Damāvand (Demawend) the tallest mountain in today’s Iran that previously was associated with… Jason (Jasonius Mons). About India, we wrote already, for example, here.
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