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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Wynstan

Joyful stone

English

Witta

Wise

English

Whitbeck

White stream

English

Wisconsin

Gathering of Waters

French

Weslee
Warnell
Waydell

Able to go; river ford

Scandinavian

Waldwick

Village in the forest

German

Wasaki

The Enemy

African

Walfred

Ruler of peace

German

Weissmann

White-haired man

German

Worley
Woyzeck

A warrior to whom combat brings joy

Slavic

Weiford

From the farm by the weir

English

Wilbern
Wanbli

Eagle

Native American

Willughby

Willow farm

English

Weir

“(The dweller in the cottage near) the river dam,” based on the Anglo-Saxon wer, a dam in a river

Anglo-Saxon

Woodford
Wasim

Distinguished looking

Arabic

Wylie

Clever, crafty

English

Wselfwulf

Wolf of slaughter

Anglo-Saxon

Whitt
Wiellaburne

From the spring brook

English

Williston

English

Wadell

Able to go; river ford

Scandinavian

Weatherbie

Wether-sheep farm

English

Wadsworth

Village near the ford

English

Windell

Traveler: wanderer.

German

Welborn

Spring-fed stream

English

Warriner

Watchman; park warden

English

Walfried

Ruler of peace

German

Wallache

A Welshman

German

Willes

English

Watford

From the hurdle ford

English

Woodward

Woods warden

English

Worthy

Fenced farm

English

Wild

Hunter

German

Wakely

Damp meadow

English

Wake

Watchman

English

Wellington

“From the village having the spring,” based on the Anglo-Saxon wella (spring, well) and tun (village).

English

Weardleah

From the guardian's meadow

English

Willet

Little Will

English

Winthorp

From Wine's estate

English

Whistler

Whistler or piper

English

Wattikinson

Son of Watt

English

Wal

A short diminutive form of Wallace.

Wister

German

Whittemore

White moor

English

Waverly

From the brushwood field

English

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