Wägner

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Wagner.

Wagner

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German wagener meaning "cartwright". Borne by German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883).

Wähner

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Wagner.

Wahner

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Wagner.

Wakahisa

Usage: Japanese

Means "forever young" from the Japanese waka "young" and hisa "longevity, ancient".

Wakefield

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

The English surname of Wakefield is of local origin, being one of those surnames derived from the place where the original bearer once lived or held land. In this instance, the name simply denotes one who is a "dweller at the town of Wakefield", a toponym or place name which means literally "field for the yearly wake or festival".

Waldfogel

Usage: German, Jewish

Means "forest bird". Derived from the Old High German words wald, meaning "forest" and fogal meaning "bird".

Waldroup

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Wardrobe.

Waldvogel

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant spelling of Waldfogel.

Walentowicz

Usage: Polish

Means "son of Walenty".

Walkenhorst

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the place name Falkenhorst in Germany, which means "wooded hill inhabited by falcons".

Walker

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Occupational surname for a person who walked on damp raw cloth in order to thicken it. Derived from Middle English walkere.

Wallace

Usage: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Extra: Statistics

Means "foreigner or stranger" from the Norman French le waleis. It was often used to denote native Welsh and Bretons. Borne by Sir William Wallace of Scotland.

Waller (1)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Old French gallier meaning "man with a pleasant temper".

Waller (2)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Middle English walle denoting a builder of walls. Sometimes the name may be derived from the Middle English welle meaning "(dweller by a) stream".

Wallis

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Anglo-Norman waleis, meaning "Welsh", derived from the Old English wealh, meaning "foreign". This means that Wallis is an ethnic name for a Welsh speaker.

Walmsley

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From an English place name meaning "a clearing in a wood, near a lake".

Walsh

Usage: English, Irish Extra: Statistics

Means "Celtic", from Middle English walsche "foreigner" (related to Welsh).

Walter

Usage: English, German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the first name Walter.

Waltersen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Walterson.

Walterson

Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Walter".

Walterssen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Walterson.

Waltersson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Walterson.

Walther

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From the German first name Walther.

Walton

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

The name of several villages in England, from the Old English wald "wood" and ton "town".

Waltz

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Diminutive of Walther.

Wang

Usage: Chinese Extra: Statistics

Means "king" in Chinese.

Ward

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from Old English occupation weard, "guard or watchman".

Wardrobe

Usage: English

Means "warder of the robes", from the Old French warder, garder "to watch" and robe.

Ware

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Most examples of this surname are probably derived from the Old English węr meaning "(dweller by the) dam, weir". Some instances of this surname may stem from the Middle English nickname war(e) meaning "wary, astute, prudent".

Warner

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Werner.

Warren

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

A name for a person who lived near a warrene, Norman French for "enclosure" (of Germanic origin).

Wash

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Old French name Gace, Old German Waz(z)o and Frisian Watso which all are pet forms of Old German names beginning with Wad- or Warin-.

Wasylyk

Usage: Ukrainian

Derived from the given name Wasyl.

Wasylyshyn

Usage: Ukrainian

Means "son of Wasyl's wife".

Watanabe

Usage: Japanese Extra: Statistics

From wata meaning "cross" and nabe meaning "bank".

Waterman (1)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "servant of Walter".

Waterman (2)

Usage: English, Dutch Extra: Statistics

An occupational surname for a boatman or a water carrier. Could also describe a person who lived by water.

Waters (1)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Originally given to a person who lived near the water.

Waters (2)

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

Patronymic form of Walter.

Watkins

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, which was a pet form of the name Walter.

Watson

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

A patronymic form of the English and Scottish name Watt, which came from the extremely popular Middle English given name Wat or Watt, which was a pet form of the name Walter. The surname Watson thus means "son of Watt".

Wauters

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Wolters.

Wawrzaszek

Usage: Polish

Means "son of Wawrzyniec".

Waxweiler

Usage: German

Denoted a person from Waxweiler, a village in the Eifel region of Germany 20 km north of Trier.

Way

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Originally given to a person who lived near a road (a way).

Weaver

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Occupational name meaning simply "weaver" from the Old English wefan, Middle English weven. Some examples of this surname may mean "from the river Weaver (now Weaver Hall), Cheshire", from the Old English wefer meaning "winding stream".

Weber

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Weeber, used more commonly today in Germany.

Webster

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Occupational name of a weaver, from Old English webba.

Wechsler

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "money changer, banker" from the German word Geldwechsler "money changer".

Wedekind

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From an Old German given name composed of the elements witu "woods" and chind "child".

Weeber

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From the German for "weaver".

Weekes

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller in an outlying settlement (dependent on a larger village)" from the Old English wic.

Wegener

Usage: German, Low German Extra: Statistics

Low German variant of Wagner.

Wegner

Usage: German, Low German Extra: Statistics

Low German variant of Wagner.

Wehner

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Wagner.

Wehunt

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Americanized form of German Weigand, which is a variant of Wiegand.

Weigand

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Wiegand.

Weiman

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Means "wine seller, producer" from the German Wein, Middle High German w?n.

Weiner

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Wagner.

Weiss

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German wiz meaning "white". Originally a nickname for a person with white hair or skin.

Weiß

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Weiss.

Welter

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Walter.

Wembley

Usage: English

A habitational name perhaps derived from Wembley in Greater London, named from the Old English personal name Wemba and leah, meaning "woodland clearing".

Wentrcek

Usage: Czech

Refers to one whose characteristics made him stand out, such as taller or shorter than normal, bald-headed, more clever, more stubborn, etc. than the rank and file. The origins of the name are limited to the eastern Moravian villages of Zadverice, Zelechovice or Slusovice.

Werner

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From the German first name Werner.

Wernerus

Usage: German

Latinized form of Werner.

Wernher

Usage: German

Variant of Werner.

Wescott

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a place name which meant "west cottages" in Old English.

Westbrook

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a place in southern England (Hampshire, Devon) meaning "from west of the brook".

Westenberg

Usage: Dutch

Dutch form of Westerberg.

Westerberg

Usage: Swedish, German Extra: Statistics

Means "west of the mountain", originally referring to a person who lived there.

Wetterman

Usage: German

Means "weatherman" perhaps referring to someone who foretold the weather, from the German wetter.

Wetzel

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From the given name Wenzel.

Wexler

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Wechsler.

Whalen

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From the Irish Ó Faolįin meaning "descendent of Faolįn".

Wheeler

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Occupational name for a maker of wagon wheels.

Wheelock

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "from Wheelock (Cheshire), England". Derived from the Welsh words chevel-og, meaning "winding river".

Whelan

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From the Gaelic Ó Faoláin meaning "descendent of Faolán", a given name meaning "wolf".

Whinery

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "from Whinneray (Cumbria), England".

Whitaker

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From an Old English place name composed of hwit "white" and aecer "acre".

White

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

This originated as a nickname for a person who had white hair or a pale complexion.

Whitney

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Originally from a place name meaning "white island" in Old English.

Whittemore

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From an English place name: Old English hwit "white" + mor "moor, bog".

Whittle

Usage: English

Means "white hill".

Wiater

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Polish wiatr "wind".

Wickham

Usage: English

Habitational name from any of various places so called, for example in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Hampshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire. It has been established that wicham was an Old English term for a settlement (Old English ham) associated with a Romano-British town, wic in this case being an adaptation of Latin vicus. Childswickham in Gloucestershire bears a British name with a different etymology. The surname is now also common in Ireland, where it was taken in the 17th century.

Wieck

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller in an outlying settlement that was dependent on a larger village" from the Latin vicus.

Wiegand

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Means "noble and worthy". From the Breton personal name Wiucon.

Wilcox

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a diminutive of the given name William.

Wildgrube

Usage: German

Possibly means "dweller by the wild (animal's) den" from the German grube "hollow, pit" and wild "wild, untamed".

Wilkerson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Wilkin". Wilkin is a diminutive form of William.

Wilkie

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

A double diminutive of William.

Wilkins

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Wilkinson.

Wilkinson

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Wilkin", Wilkin being a diminutive of Will or William.

Willems

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Willem.

Willemse

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Willems.

Willemsen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Willems.

William

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name William.

Williams

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name William.

Williamson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of William".

Willis

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name William. A famous bearer of this surname is actor Bruce Willis.

Willoughby

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From Old English wilig meaning "willow" plus Old Norse byr meaning "farm" or "village". Full meaning: "willow farm" or "farm in the willows".

Wilms

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Willems.

Wilson

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Will", Will being a short form of William.

Winchester

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From an English place name, derived from the given name Venta, of unknown meaning, combined with Latin castra "encampment".

Winfield

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a place name derived from Old English wynn "meadow" and feld "field".

Winograd

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Means "vineyard" in Polish. The name probably referred to a person who worked at a vineyard or worked near one.

Winogrodzki

Usage: Polish

Derived from Polish winograd "vineyard". The name probably referred to a person who worked at a vineyard or worked near one.

Winship

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "from Wincheap Street (Canterbury), England".

Winston

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Old English name Wynstan meaning "joy stone".

Winter

Usage: English, German, Swedish Extra: Statistics

From the Old English winter or the Old High German wintar (Middle High German winter) meaning "winter". This was the name of farmers who had to deliver their taxes in winter time and of farmers who had their fields in the north of the village.

Winterbottom

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Bottom means "vale" or "lowland", so Winterbottom probably refers to a winter pasture in a lowland valley.

Winther (1)

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From the German first name Winther (Old High German winid "Wend, Sorb" + heri "army").

Winther (2)

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Winter.

Winthrop

Usage: English

Habitational name from places in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire called Winthorpe. The former is named with the Old English personal name or byname Wine, meaning "friend", plus Old Norse žorp "settlement". In the latter the first element is a contracted form of the Old English personal name Wigmund, composed of the elements wig "war" and mund "protection", or the Old Norse equivalent, Vķgmundr.

Wirner

Usage: German

Variant of Werner.

Wirnhier

Usage: German

Variant of Werner.

Wirt

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Wirth.

Wirth

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "innkeeper" from the German Wirt "host".

Witherspoon

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Originally given to a person who dwelt at or near a sheep enclosure, Middle English wether "sheep" and spong "strip of land".

Wojda

Usage: Polish

A variant of Wojewódka.

Wojewódka

Usage: Polish

Derived from the Polish wojewóda "voivode".

Wojewódzki

Usage: Polish

Derived from Polish wojewóda "voivode".

Wolanski

Usage: Ukrainian Extra: Statistics

Denoted a person who came from one of the places in Poland called Wola, Wolany. It sometimes is derived from the Polish given name Wolan meaning "to want".

Wolf

Usage: German, English Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German wolf meaning "wolf".

Wolfe

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "wolf" either from the many Germanic names beginning with the element wolf or as a nickname.

Wolff

Usage: German, Norwegian, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Wolf.

Wolter

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Walter.

Wolters

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Wolter"; the given name Wolter is the Dutch form of Walter.

Womack

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Wong

Usage: Chinese Extra: Statistics

Cantonese version of Huang.

Wood

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

Originally denoted one who lived in or worked in a wood or forest, derived from Middle English wode.

Woodcock

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

A nickname referring to the woodcock bird.

Woodham

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "from the home near the wood". Derived from Old English wudu "wood" and ham "home".

Woodhams

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Woodham.

Woods

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Wood.

Woodward

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Occupational surname meaning "ward of the wood" or "guardian of the wood".

Wootton

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from Old English wadu-tun meaning "farm in or near a wood". First appearance in book 'Old English Bynames' held by Wagen de Wootton in 1079 AD.

Wörner

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Werner.

Wörnhör

Usage: German

Variant of Werner.

Wortham

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Wortham is derived from a place name in Suffolk, England meaning "enclosed homestead".

Wouters

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Wouter".

Wragge

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Old Danish given name Wraghi.

Wray

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Denoted someone who hailed from any of the various places of that name in Northern England from the Old Norse vrį meaning "corner, recess".

Wright

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From Old English wryhta meaning "worker", an occupational name for someone who was a manufacturer.

Wronski

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Russian name Vorona "crow".

Wruck

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Nickname from Middle Low German wruk or wrok, meaning "cantankerous". Although it could also be related to the German word wruck meaning "root of a tree" or "beetroot".

Wu

Usage: Chinese Extra: Statistics

From the name of a Chinese kingdom.

Wuopio

Usage: Finnish

Means "dweller in a narrow bay with steep shores".

Wyatt

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the Old English name Wigheard composed of elements meaning "war" and "brave".

Wyght

Usage: English

Means "agile, strong" from the Middle English wiht, wight. Sometimes it can refer to people hailing from the Isle of Wight (England).

Wyman (1)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the Old English name Wigmund composed of elements meaning "war" and "protection".

Wyman (2)

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Americanized form of Weiman.

Wyndham

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "from the house on the lane", based on the Scottish word wynd, a "lane", and the Anglo-Saxon ham, a "home". There's a place called Wymondham in Norfolk, England, from which the surname could also be derived.

Wyrick

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Americanized form of Wyrzyk.

Wyrzyk

Usage: Polish

Derived from the first name Wyrzyk which is of unknown etymology.