Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from given name) Usage English, Scottish Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 1/31/2016 by lilolaf Edited 2/1/2021 by LMS Meaning & History From the Old Norse byname Vakr meaning "wakeful", "vigilant" (from vaka meaning "to remain awake"), or perhaps from a cognate Old English Waca (attested in place names such as Wakeford, Wakeham, and Wakeley).
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