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I live in South Carolina, home of Wade Hampton I, (1752-1835), soldier, politician, U.S. Congressman, and his son Wade Hampton II, (1791-1858) politican and soldier, and his grandson Wade Hampton III, (1818-1902), Confederate cavalry leader, Governor of South Carolina, and U.S. Senator. There is a long, prominent, busy street here named Wade Hampton Boulevard. It was probably named after Wade III, but it's possible it was named after any one of them or all three.

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So the name makes me think of them, and although I am no fan of the erstwhile Confederacy, I am a fan of names that have what I consider to be nineteenth-century charm, so I think that's what makes me favor Wade.