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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Wynwode

From Wine's forest

English

Wallace

Welshman

French

Willimod

Resolute spirit

German

Wilmon
Wicleah

From the village meadow

English

Waquini

Hook nose (Cheyenne)

Native American

Waheeb

Giver, donor

Arabic

Weatherby

Wether-sheep farm

English

Walfrid

Peaceful ruler

German

Wilfredo

Desiring peace

English

Wole

Has come to home

African

Winwodem

From Wine's forest

English

Winward

From Wine's forest

English

Wiellatun

From the spring farm

English

Wiatt

War strength

English

Warley

Meadow near the weir

English

Wharton

Shore or bank settlement

English

Wernher

Army guard; army defender

German

Weiford

From the farm by the weir

English

Westby

Western farmstead

English

Willmer

Strong desire

German

Wood

From the Woods

American

Wabanang

Eastern (Morning) Star

Native American

Wireceaster

From the alder forest army camp

English

Winchester

Walled city

English

Wolfcot

Lives in Wolfe's cottage

English

Wai
Wilama

Form of William

Polynesian

Wilborn
Welborn

Spring-fed stream

English

Windle
Weir

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

Anglo-Saxon

Wanda
Wenzel

Greater glory

Slavic

Winfrid

Friend of peace

English

Witmore

White moor

English

Walbert

“The bright ruler,” from the Germanic waldan (to rule) and beraht (bright).

German

Willmarr

Resolute or famous

German

Winnie
Wickam

From the village meadow

English

Wanonsay
Wulfe

Wolf

German

Wynfrith

Friend of peace

English

Wallache

A Welshman

German

Weatherley

Wether-sheep meadow

English

Wessel
Wiktor
Wald

Woods, forest

German

Wolfhart

Wolf

German

Waldorf

Village in the woods

German

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