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Võru EstonianVõru is an Estonian surname meaning "circle" and "ring". "Võru" is also the name a county in southeastern Estonia ("Võru maakond", or more traditionally, "Võrumaa") and the name of the capital town and municipality of Võru County.
Vorwald GermanTopographic name for someone who lived "in front of (Middle High German
vor) a forest (Middle High German
wald)".
Võsa EstonianVõsa is an Estonian surname meaning "brush/thicket".
Vosberg GermanMeans "foxhole" or "fox hill", from
vos "fox" and
berg "hill, mountain".
Võti EstonianVõti is an Estonian surname meaning "key" and "cypher".
Vought GermanThe surname Vought originates in the
Latin form "vocatus" or "advocatus," and referred to someone who appeared in court on another's behalf. As a surname, Vought is an
occupational hereditary surname for a "bailiff" or "overseer of a nobleman's estate".
Vouvali GreekFrom Greek βούβαλις
(vouvalis) meaning "antelope" or βούβαλος
(vouvalos) "buffalo".
Voychuk UkrainianFrom Ukrainian
війна (viyna), meaning "war". Probably nickname for soldier.
Vrátil CzechDerived from the past participle of the verb vrátit "to return". The name was perhaps used to denote a person who came back to his home following a long absence.
Vreeland DutchHabitational name for a person from a place bearing the same name in the province of Utrecht, which is itself derived from the Middle Dutch word
vrede, meaning "peace; legal protection against armed violence".
Vreeswijk DutchHabitational name from a former village and municipality in the province Utrecht, Netherlands, derived from Old Dutch
Frieso "Frisian" and
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Vrielink DutchEtymology uncertain. Possibly from the name of a farmstead, itself perhaps derived from a given name such as
Frigilo or
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Vrieze DutchFrom Middle Dutch
Vrieze "Frisian", an ethnic name for a someone from Friesland.
Vtorak Ukrainian, RussianDerived either from Russian второй
(vtoroy) meaning "second, other" or directly from dialectal Ukrainian вторак
(vtorak) meaning "secondborn".
Vue HmongFrom the clan name
Vwj associated with the Chinese character 吳
(wú) (see
Wu 1).
Vuitton FrenchDerived from the Old High German word "witu" and the Old English pre 7th century "widu" or "wudu", meaning a wood, and therefore occupational for one living by such a place.
Vůjtek CzechAll I know is that it's Czech. Anyone with more information, please edit.
Vulović SerbianVulović is the last name of Roki Vulović, a Serbian nationalist singer who lives in Bosnia.
Vuolo ItalianSouthern variant of
Volo, likely after the place name Bolo from Sicily.
Vurma EstonianVurma is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "vurama" meaning to "rattle", "roll", and "whir".
Vuurman DutchMeans "fire man" in Dutch, an occupational name for someone who burned patches of forest land, or who worked in a fire brigade.
Vyas HindiBrahmin name from Sanskrit व्यास (vyāsa) meaning 'compiler'. This was the name of the Sanskrit sage said to have compiled the Mahabharata.
Vybornov m RussianFrom Russian
выборный (vybornyy), meaning "elective, electoral".
Vyborov m RussianFrom Russian
выбор (vybor), meaning "choice, option". It can also mean "election".
Vydrov m RussianDerived from Russian
выдра (vydra), meaning "otter".
Waara FinnishOrnamental, from (vaara) meaning, “range of hills.”
Wachowski m PolishHabitational name for a person from the village of Wachów
Wachs German, JewishOccupational name for someone who dealt with beeswax from Middle High German
wahs German
wachs "wax".
Wacker GermanFrom a nickname for a bold or energetic person, from Middle High German
wacker meaning ‘fresh’, ‘lively’, ‘brave’, or ‘valiant’.
Wacławski PolishName for someone from a place named Wacławice or Wacławów, both derived from the given name
Wacław.
Waco Indigenous American, ComancheIs believed to have a Native American origin and may mean "the chosen ones" in the language of a tribe. However, the exact meaning of the name and the tribe's connection to the modern-day surname is not entirely clear.
Waddell EnglishHabitational name from Wadden Hall in Waltham, Kent, derived from either the Old English given name
Wada or from
wæden "made of woad, woaden, bluish" combined with
halh "nook, recess".
Waddell EnglishPossibly derived from Woodhill in Wiltshire, England, derived from Old English
wad "woad" and
hyll "hill". Alternatively, could be from the Middle English given name
Wadel.
Waddington EnglishHabitational name from any of various places called Waddington. One near Clitheroe in Lancashire and another in Lincolnshire (Wadintune in Domesday Book) were originally named in Old English as the "settlement" (Old English tūn) associated with Wada.
Wadia Indian (Parsi)Parsi surname possibly derived from
Wadia, the name of a village in Gujarat.
Wadley EnglishFrom a place in England named with Old English
wad "woad" or the given name
Wada combined with Old English
leah "woodland clearing".
Wadlow EnglishHabitational name from a lost place, Wadlow in Toddington.
Wadsworth EnglishLocation name from Yorkshire meaning "Wæddi's enclosure or settlement" with
Wæddi being an old English personal name of unknown meaning plus the location element
-worth. Notable bearer is
Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow (1807-1882) for whom the middle name was his mother's maiden name.
Wadzanai ShonaWadzanai means "Have fellowship, visit each other, be on good terms".
The name may be given as a call to family to come together in fellowship, visiting and being on good terms Wagahara JapaneseWaga is possibly from
waka meaning "young" and hara means "plain, field".
Wagamese OjibweComes from an Ojibway phrase meaning ‘man walking by the crooked water.’
Wagenmann GermanOccupational name from Middle High German wagenman ‘hauler’, ‘wagoner’.
Wager GermanAn occupational name for an official in charge of the city scales.
Waghmare Indian, MarathiMeans "tiger killer" from Marathi वाघ
(vagh) meaning "tiger" and मारणे
(marne) meaning "to kill".
Wagle NorwegianA habitational name derived from farmsteads in Rogaland named Vagle, from the Old Norse
vagl meaning a '‘perch’' or '‘roost'’, referring to a high ridge between two lakes.
Wagmann GermanPossibly derived from Swabian
Wegman, meaning "herb".
Wahba ArabicMeans "gift" in Arabic, derived from the word وَهَبَ
(wahaba) meaning "to grant, to gift".
Wahl German, JewishFrom Middle High German
Walhe,
Walch "foreigner from a Romance country", hence a nickname for someone from Italy or France, etc. This surname is also established in Sweden.
Wainscott EnglishMeaning unknown. From Middle English Waynescot. The surname presumably arose from a nickname for someone who imported or used oak timber.
Wäite Luxembourgish (Germanized, Rare)The name originates from Luxembourg and the surrounding Germanic regions most notably the Rhenish Palatinate from around the 1800s. The word wäite is Luxembourgish for wide and also broad, the word wäit which is an alternative spelling of the Surname Wäite is Luxembourgish for far or distant.... [
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Waititi MaoriMeaning uncertain. It could derive from Maori
waitī both meaning "sweet, melodious", denoting a sweet person, or "sap of the cabbage tree", possibly denoting an occupation. Taika David Cohen, known professionally as Taika Waititi (1975-), is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian.
Waitman EnglishFrom Middle English and Older Scots
waithman meaning "hunter; outlaw", equivalent to Old English
waþ "hunt, chase; wandering" and
mann "person, man".
Wajoli AfricanSwahili Word mjoli. Swahili Plural wajoli. English Word fellow servant.
Wakai JapaneseWaka can mean "young" and i can mean "well, mineshaft, pit".
Wakamoto JapaneseFrom Japanese 若 meaning "young" and 本 meaning "base, root, origin".
Wakata JapaneseFrom the Japanese 若 (
waka) "young" and 田 (
ta or
da) "rice paddy" or 多 (
ta or
da) "many."
Wakatsuki JapaneseCombination of the kanji 若 (
waka) meaning "young" and 槻 (
tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree". A famous bearer of this surname was Japanese Prime Minister Wakatsuki Reijirō (若槻 禮次郎; 1866–1949).