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Weiner German
Variant of Wagner.

Wexler Jewish
Variant of Wechsler.

Wheeler English
Occupational name for a maker of wagon wheels, derived from Middle English whele "wheel".

Winograd Jewish
Jewish form of Vinogradov.

Winogrodzki Polish
Polish cognate of Vinogradov.

Wirt German
Variant of Wirth.

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

Wójcik Polish
From the Polish word wójt meaning "chief, mayor" (related to German Vogt).

Wojda Polish
Variant of Wojewoda.

Wojewoda Polish
From the Polish title wojewoda meaning "governor, voivode" (originally meaning "warlord").

Wojewódka Polish
Variant of Wojewoda.

Wojewódzki Polish
Variant of Wojewoda.

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

Woźniak Polish
From Polish woźny meaning "caretaker, clerk".

Wright 1 English
From Old English wyrhta meaning "wright, maker", an occupational name for someone who was a craftsman. Famous bearers were Orville and Wilbur Wright, the inventors of the first successful airplane.

Wu 3 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Hu.

Yates English
From Old English geat meaning "gate", a name for a gatekeeper or someone who lived near a gate.

Yonker Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Jonker.

Yonkers Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized spelling of Jonkers.

Zahradník Czech
Derived from Czech zahrada meaning "garden". It referred to someone who owned less land than a Sedlák or a Dvořák, but more land than a Chalupník.

Zangari Italian
Southern Italian name, derived from Greek τσαγκάρης (tsankaris) meaning "shoemaker, cobbler".

Zapatero Spanish
Spanish cognate of Savatier.

Zappa Italian
From Italian zappa meaning "hoe, mattock", probably denoting a farmer. Two musicians of Italian origin have bore this name: Francesco Zappa (1717-1803) and Frank Zappa (1940-1993).

Zdunowski Polish
Denoted a person from one of the various towns named Zduny in Poland, which is derived from Polish zdun meaning "potter". It can also be an occupational surname derived directly from zdun.

Zeman Czech
Means "landowner", derived from Czech zem "land". A famous bearer is the soccer coach Zdeněk Zeman (1947-).

Zhang Chinese
From Chinese 张 (zhāng) meaning "stretch, extend". It may have denoted a bowmaker whose job it was to stretch bow wood.

Ziegler German
Means "bricklayer" or "brickmaker" in German, from Middle High German ziegel "brick, tile".

Ziemniak Polish
Means "potato" in Polish.

Zilberschlag Jewish
Occupational name for a silversmith from Yiddish zilber "silver" and schlag "strike".

Zimman Jewish
Possibly a variant of Zimmermann.

Zimmerman German
Variant of Zimmermann.

Zimmermann German, Jewish
From the German word for "carpenter", derived from Middle High German zimber "timber, wood" and mann "man".

Žitnik Slovene, Czech
From the Slavic root žito meaning "rye". This was an occupational name for a dealer in rye or a baker.

Zsoldos Hungarian
Means "mercenary" in Hungarian.

Župan Croatian
Croatian cognate of Zupan.

Zupan Slovene
From Slavic župan meaning "head of the district, community leader".

Zupančič Slovene
Patronymic form of Zupan.

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