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Warren 1 English
Denoted a person who lived near a warren, from Norman French warrene meaning "animal enclosure" (of Germanic origin).

Wasilewski m Polish
Means "son of Wasyl".

Waterman 1 English
Means "servant of Walter".

Wauters Dutch
Means "son of Wouter".

Wawrzaszek Polish
Means "son of Wawrzyniec".

Weasley Literature
Used by J. K. Rowling for the character of Ron Weasley (and other members of his family) in her Harry Potter series of books, first released in 1997. Rowling presumably derived it from the English word weasel, perhaps in combination with the common place name/surname suffix -ley, which is derived from Old English leah meaning "woodland, clearing".

Wei Chinese
From Chinese 魏 (wèi) referring to the ancient state of Wei, which existed from the 5th to 3rd centuries BC in what is now Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shandong provinces.

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

Whelan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Faoláin meaning "descendant of Faolán".

Wieczorek Polish
From a nickname meaning "bat" in Polish, ultimately from wieczór meaning "evening".

Wilbur English
From the nickname Wildbor meaning "wild boar" in Middle English.

Wilk Polish
Means "wolf" in Polish.

Wilkerson English
Means "son of Wilkin".

Wilkins English
Means "son of Wilkin".

Wilkinson English
Means "son of Wilkin".

Willemsen Dutch
Means "son of Willem".

Williams English
Means "son of William".

Williamson English
Means "son of William".

Wilson English
Means "son of Will". A famous bearer was the American president Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924).

Wirt German
Variant of Wirth.

Wirth German, Jewish
Occupational name for an innkeeper, derived from German wirt meaning "host".

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

Wolf German, English
From Middle High German or Middle English wolf meaning "wolf", or else from an Old German given name beginning with this element.

Wolfe English
Variant of Wolf.

Wolff German, Danish, Norwegian, Jewish
Variant of Wolf.

Wolters Dutch
Means "son of Wouter".

Woodcock English
Nickname referring to the woodcock bird.

Woodrow English
From a place name meaning "row of houses by a wood" in Old English.

Woodward English
Occupational name for a forester, meaning "ward of the wood" in Old English.

Woolf English
Variant of Wolf.

Wouters Dutch
Means "son of Wouter".

Wróbel Polish
Means "sparrow" in Polish.

Wrona Polish
Derived from Polish wrona meaning "crow".

Wroński m Polish
Derived from Polish wrona meaning "crow".

Wu 1 Chinese
From Chinese 吴 (wú) referring to the ancient state of Wu, which was located in present-day Jiangsu province.

Wu 2 Chinese
From Chinese 武 (wǔ) meaning "military, martial".

Xanthopoulos m Greek
Means "son of Xanthos".

Xiao Chinese
From Chinese 蕭 (xiāo) referring to the fiefdom or territory of Xiao (in present-day Anhui province) that existed during the Zhou dynasty.

Xie Chinese
From Chinese 谢 (xiè) referring to the minor state of Xie, which existed in what is now Hubei province.

Xu 1 Chinese
From Chinese 徐 (xú) referring to the ancient state of Xu, which existed to the 6th century BC in what is now Jiangsu and Anhui. The character 徐 means "slowly, calmly".

Xu 2 Chinese
From Chinese 许 (xǔ) referring to the minor state of Xu, which existed to the 4th century BC in what is now Henan province. The character 许 means "allow, permit".

Yakovlev m Russian
Means "son of Yakov".

Yanev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Yane", a diminutive of Yoan 2.

Yankov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Yanko".

Yo'ldoshev m Uzbek
Means "son of Yo'ldosh".

Yordanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Yordan".

Yosipov m Tatar
Means "son of Yosif".

Yusupov m Uzbek, Tajik, Tatar (Russified)
Means "son of Yusuf". This is the name of a Russian noble family, of Tatar origin (Йосыпов in Tatar).

Zahariev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Zahari".

Zając Polish
Means "hare" in Polish.

Zaytsev m Russian
Derived from Russian заяц (zayats) meaning "hare".

Zdravkov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Zdravko".

Zeegers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".

Zegers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".

Zellweger German (Swiss)
Originally denoted a person from the Appenzell region of Switzerland. The place name is derived from Latin abbatis cella meaning "estate of the abbot". A famous bearer is actress Renée Zellweger (1969-).

Zeng Chinese
From Chinese 曾 (zēng) referring to the former state of Zeng, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Hubei province.

Zeni Italian
Means "son of Zeno".

Zhao Chinese
From Chinese 赵 (zhào), which refers to an ancient city-state in what is now Shanxi province. According to legend, King Mu rewarded his chariot driver Zaofu with the city, at which time Zaofu adopted this surname. The later historic state of Zhao, which existed from the 5th to 3rd centuries BC, was named after this city.... [more]

Zheng Chinese
From Chinese 郑 (zhèng), which refers to the ancient state of Zheng. Zheng existed between the 9th to 4th centuries BC in present-day Henan province. A famous bearer of this surname was the 15th-century explorer Zheng He.

Zhivkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Zhivko".

Zhuk Belarusian
Means "beetle" in Belarusian.

Zhukov m Russian
Derived from Russian жук (zhuk) meaning "beetle".

Živković Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Živko".

Zlatkov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Zlatko".

Zoltánfi Hungarian
Means "son of Zoltán".

Zorić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Zora".

Župan Croatian
Croatian cognate of Zupan.

Zupan Slovene
From Old Slavic županŭ meaning "head of the district, community leader", a derivative of župa meaning "district, region".

Zupančič Slovene
Patronymic form of Zupan.

Żuraw Polish
Means "crane" in Polish, a nickname for a tall person.

Zvirbulis m Latvian
Means "sparrow" in Latvian.

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