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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Wordsworth

World guardian

English

Wilkes

“The melancholy one,” from the Anglo-Saxon wolcen, a cloud.

English

Wheatley

Wheat field

English

Wilf
Wendy
Wasim

Distinguished looking

Arabic

Waer

Wary

English

Winwood

Friend's woods

English

Wisdom

Wisdom

English

Wematin

Brother (Algonquin)

Native American

Wynton

Friend's settlement

English

Wakoyantanke
Wedgwood

Triangular woodland

English

Wessel
Willsn

Wishes

Anglo-Saxon

Waynewright

Wagon-builder

English

Wacey
Wynwode

From Wine's forest

English

Westerly

From or toward the west

English

Wilheim
Wilkie

Will helmet, protection

German

Wiellaford

From the spring by the ford

English

Wilberth
Wycliff

White cliff

English

Warnie
Waller

Wall maker; powerful one

German

Wyome

Plain

Native American

Welden

Well-hill

English

Wetzel
Weorth

From the farm

English

Wendelin
Westcott

Western cottage

English

Whitcumb

White valley

English

Wilson

Son of William

English

Wietze
Welburn

Spring-fed stream

English

Wouter

Form of Walter

Dutch

Wichell

From the bend in the road

English

Weldon

Well-hill

English

Wladimir

Renowned prince

Slavic

Winslow

Friend's hill

English

Wassil
Walbridge

From the Welshman's bridge

English

Witt

Blond

English

Wilheard
Weirley

From the weir meadow

English

Wiellaby

From the spring farm

English

Westbrooke

Western stream

English

Wasco
Wally

A diminutive form of Wallace.

French

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