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Westen English, Scottish
Habitational name from any of numerous places named Weston, from Old English west 'west' + tun 'enclosure', 'settlement'. English: variant of Whetstone.
Westenra Literature
The name is originated from a term meaning 'Lights from the West'. The name could be given to someone who is born in the west. This was the surname of a character in the novel Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker.
Wester German
From Middle High German wëster ‘westerly’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a regional name for one who had migrated from further west.
Westergaard Danish
Danish variant of Westergård.
Westergren Swedish
Combination of Swedish väster "western" and gren "branch".
Westerman English
Topographical surname for someone who lived west of a settlement or someone who had moved to the west, from Old English westerne meaning "western" and mann meaning "man, person".
Westermann Low German
From Middle Low German wester meaning "westerly" and man meaning "man", making it a topographic surname for someone who lived west of a settlement or a regional surname for someone who had moved to the west... [more]
Westernmeir German
Of German decent.
Westhouse Dutch (Anglicized, ?), English
Possibly an Anglicized form of Westhuis. Alternatively, from a place named Westhouse.
Westin Swedish
Variant spelling of Vestin.
Westinghausen German
The original meaning of Westinghouse, meaning ‘westwing house’.
Westlake English (Canadian)
Combined of West and Lake.
Westling Swedish
Combination of Swedish väst "west" and the common surname suffix -ling. A notable bearer is Prince Daniel (b. 1973), husband of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.
Westmoreland English
Habitational name from the former county of Westmorland, from Old English folk name Westmoringas "people from the west of the moors" and land.
Weston Dutch
Diminutive of Westenberg
Westover English
Habitational name from Westover in Somerset and the Isle of Wight or Westovers in Sussex. The former two are both named with Old English west "west" and ofer "ridge" or ōfer "bank"... [more]
Westrop English (British)
Viking name local to Somerset and several counties in the North East of England. Approximate meaning "place to the west of the village with the church".
Westwood English, Scottish
Habitational name from any of numerous places named Westwood, from Old English west "west" and wudu "wood".
Weton English
Variant of Weeton
Wettstein German (Rare)
North German: variant of Wetzstein, from Middle Low German wetsten "whetstone".
Wetzstein German
Either a metonymic occupational name for a knife grinder from Middle High German wetzstein "whetstone", A habitational name from a lost place called Wetzstein near Emmendingen, or a topographic name from a field name for example Wezstein near Esslingen... [more]
Wever Dutch, Low German
Dutch cognate of Weaver 1.
Wey English
Variant of Way.
Weyman English
Variant form of Wyman or Waitman.
Whaley English
From the name of the village of Whaley and the town of Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, or the village of Whalley in Lancashire, England. It is derived from Old English wælla meaning "spring, stream" and leah meaning "woodland clearing".
Whalley English
Variant form of Whaley. A famous bearer is the English actress Joanne Whalley (1961-).
Whang Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 황 (see Hwang).
Whatley English
From any of the various places in England named with Old English hwæte "wheat" and leah "woodland clearing".
Whetzel American
Altered spelling of German Wetzel.
Whineray English
Means "person from Whinneray", Cumbria, or "person who lives in a nook of land growing with gorse" (in either case from Old Norse hvin "whin, gorse" + vrá "nook of land"). It was borne by New Zealand rugby player Sir Wilson Whineray (1935-2012).
Whippet English
Possibly used as a nickname from the early 17th century English word whippet, meaning "to move briskly". A type of sighthound bears this name.
Whipple English
English surname of uncertain meaning. It might be a shortened form of “whippletree”; an early name for the dogwood. It may also be a variation of Whipp – an early surname for someone who carried out judicial punishments.
Whisman English
Variation of Wisman or Wiseman.
Whitacre English (American)
Variant of Whitaker. A notable bearer is Eric Whitacre (1970-), an American composer.
Whitbread English
Either a metonymic occupational name from Middle English whit bred "white bread" or whete bred "wheat bread" denoting someone who baked or sold bread of the best quality made from wheat... [more]
Whitby English
English surname which was from either of two place names, that of a port in North Yorkshire (which comes from the Old Norse elements hvítr "white" (or Hvíti, a byname derived from it) combined with býr "farm") or a place in Cheshire (from Old English hwit "white" (i.e., "stone-built") and burh "fortress").
Whitehall English
From the name of any of several locations in England, derived from Old English hwit "white" and halh "nook, corner", or sometimes heall "hall, manor".
Whitehouse English
the origin of this surname started in England where people were called Whitehouse when they painted their houses white.
Whitelaw Scottish
Scottish and northern English: habitational name from any of various places in the Scottish Borders called Whitelaw, from Old English hwit ‘white’ + hlaw ‘hill’.
Whiteson English
Patronymic form of White.
Whitfield English
It is locational from any or all of the places called Whitfield in the counties of Derbyshire, Kent, Northamptonshire and Northumberland, or from the villages called Whitefield in Lancashire, the Isle of Wight and Gloucestershire.
Whitgift English
Means "person from Whitgift", Yorkshire ("Hvítr's dowry"). This surname was borne by Anglican churchman John Whitgift (?1530-1604), archbishop of Canterbury 1583-1604 (in addition, Whitgift School is an independent day school for boys in South Croydon, founded in 1595 by John Whitgift; and Whitgift Centre is a complex of shops and offices in the middle of Croydon, Greater London, on a site previously occupied by Whitgift School).
Whitley English
This surname is derived from a place name composed of Old English elements hwit meaning "white" and leah meaning "clearing, grove."
Whitlock English
Nickname for someone with white or fair hair, from Middle English whit ‘white’ + lock ‘tress’, ‘curl’. Compare Sherlock. ... [more]
Whitman English
From Middle English whit ‘white’ + man ‘man’, either a nickname with the same sense as White, or else an occupational name for a servant of a bearer of the nickname White.... [more]
Whitmarsh English
English habitational name from Whitemarsh, a place in the parish of Sedgehill, Wiltshire, named from Old English hwit ‘white’ (i.e. ‘phosphorescent’) + mersc ‘marsh’. Compare Whitmore.
Whitside English (Rare, ?)
Possibly a variant of Whiteside.
Whitted Scottish
probably a reduced form of Whitehead
Whittlesey English
A habitational surname for someone from Whittlesey, an ancient market town in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire in England. The town's name is derived from an unattested Old English personal name Wittel (or Witil), an occupational name given to a moneyer, and the Old English eg, meaning "island", also used to describe a piece of firm land in a fen... [more]
Whittum French (Rare)
Altered form of French Vieuxtemps: apparently a nickname meaning literally ‘old-time’. The surname Vieuxtemps is very rare in France; it is, however, also found in Belgium.
Whynot German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Weinacht.
Wiatt English (American)
Americanized variant of Wyatt.
Wiberg Swedish
Combination of Old Norse víðr "forest, wood" (probably taken from a place name) and Swedish berg "mountain".
Wibowo Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Huang (黃). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Wicherek Polish, English
Means "a light, gentle breeze", or figuratively, "an unruly strand of hair". It is a diminutive of the Polish word wicher, "strong wind".
Wichorek Polish (Anglicized), English (American)
Americanized form of Wieczorek. Alternatively, it may be a variant of Wicherek.
Wick English, German
English: topographic name for someone who lived in an outlying settlement dependent on a larger village, Old English wic (Latin vicus), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, of which there are examples in Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Worcestershire... [more]
Wickersham English
A habitational surname that originates from a lost medieval site or village of Norse origins.... [more]
Wickramanayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමනායක (see Wickramanayake).
Wickramarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමරත්න (see Wickramaratne).
Wickramarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමරත්න (see Wickramaratne).
Wickramaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමරත්න (see Wickramaratne).
Wickramasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමසේකර (see Wickramasekara).
Wickramasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමසිංහ (see Wickramasinghe).
Wickramasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමසූරිය (see Wickramasuriya).
Wickremanayake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමනායක (see Wickramanayake).
Wickremarachchi Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමආරච්චි (see Wickramarachchi).
Wickremaratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමරත්න (see Wickramaratne).
Wickremasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමසේකර (see Wickramasekara).
Wickremasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමසිංහ (see Wickramasinghe).
Wickremasinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමසිංහ (see Wickramasinghe).
Wickremasuriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමසූරිය (see Wickramasuriya).
Wickremeratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමරත්න (see Wickramaratne).
Wickremesekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමසේකර (see Wickramasekara).
Wickremesinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමසිංහ (see Wickramasinghe).
Wickremesooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමසූරිය (see Wickramasuriya).
Wicks English
Variant of Weeks.
Wickstrand Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Wikstrand, a surname composed of Swedish vik "bay" and strand "beach".
Wickström Swedish, Finland Swedish, Finnish
Variant of Wikström. A notable bearer was Finnish engineer John Wickström (1870–1959)
Widegren Swedish
Combination of Swedish vide "willow" and gren "branch".
Wideman English (American)
Americanized from of German Widemann or Weidmann.
Wideman Swedish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Swedish Widman.
Widemann German
Derived from the given name Widiman, composed of Old High German witu "wood" or wit "wide" and man "man".
Widjaja Chinese (Indonesian)
Older spelling of Wijaya influenced by Dutch orthography.
Widjaya Chinese (Indonesian)
Older spelling of Wijaya influenced by Dutch orthography.
Widman Swedish
Meaning uncertain. Perhaps a combination of Old Swedish viþr "wood, forest" or vid "wide" and man "man". It is also possible, though less likely, that it is a re-spelling of Vikman, where the first element is Swedish vik "bay".
Widman German
Altered spelling of German Widmann.
Widmann German
Variant of Wiedmann ‘huntsman’ and Wideman.
Wiebe German
From a short form of any of various Germanic personal names beginning with wig ‘battle’, ‘war.’
Wiebenga Frisian, Dutch
From the given name Wiebe, the suffix -enga indicating that it is of Frisian origin.
Wiedemann German
Variation of Wideman.
Wiedmann German
North German variant of Widemann.
Wiegel German
From a pet form of any of the various Germanic personal names beginning with the element wig 'battle', 'war'.
Wiemann Low German
Variant of Weinmann, from Middle Low German, Middle High German winman ‘viticulturalist’, ‘wine merchant’. Variant of Wiedemann... [more]
Wien German, Jewish
Habitational name from the city of Vienna (German Wien Yiddish Vin)... [more]
Wiener German
Derived from German Wiener meaning "inhabitant of Vienna". The Austrian capital city is known as Wien in German.
Wiens German
Patronymic from a short form of an ancient Germanic compound personal name beginning with wini "friend".
Wiersma West Frisian
Can be a patronymic form of the given name Wier, a contracted form of Wieger (see also Wiro), or a toponymic surname from West Frisian wier "artificial hill, dwelling mound", a cognate of English weir and Dutch wierde.
Wierzbicka Polish
Feminine form of Wierzbicki.
Wiesenthal German
Habitational name from any of various places called Wiesent(h)al.
Wieslander Swedish
Combination of an unexplained first element and the common surname suffix -lander.
Wiesner German
German: habitational name for someone from a place called Wiesen, or topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, a derivative of Middle High German wise ‘meadow’.
Wigand German
From the given name Wigand. Variant of Weigand.
Wiggins English
Patronymic form of Wiggin.
Wiggs English (British)
The surname Wiggs was first found in Leicestershire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, at Lennerlyde. This interesting name has two possible origins. The first being a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wedge-shaped bread, from the Medieval English "Wigge" meaning "wedge-shaped"... [more]
Wightman English
"Wight" in Anglo-saxon could refer to a "soul," a "being," or to "courage." It is similar to the different meanings of the words "spirit" and "spirited." ... [more]
Wiibaru Okinawan
The Okinawan language reading of its kanji, 上原 meaning "upper plain" or 植原 meaning "planted plain".
Wiig Norwegian
Variant of Vik.
Wijaya Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of various Chinese surnames such as Chen (陳), He (何), Huang (黃), Lin (林) or Lu 2 (盧)... [more]
Wijayakoon Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" combined with Sinhala කෝන් (kon) meaning "king" (of Tamil origin).
Wijayarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයරත්න (see Wijayarathna).
Wijayaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයරත්න (see Wijayarathna).
Wijayaratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයරත්න (see Wijayarathna).
Wijayasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයසේකර (see Wijayasekara).
Wijayasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයසිංහ (see Wijayasinghe).
Wijayasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Wijayasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයසූරිය (see Wijayasuriya).
Wijayathilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයතිලක (see Wijayathilaka).
Wijayathunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයතුංග (see Wijayathunga).
Wijayatilaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයතිලක (see Wijayathilaka).
Wijayatilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයතිලක (see Wijayathilaka).
Wijayatunga Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයතුංග (see Wijayathunga).
Wijayatunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයතුංග (see Wijayathunga).
Wijayawardana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේවර්ධන (see Wijewardana).
Wijayawardane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේවර්ධන (see Wijewardana).
Wijayawardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේවර්ධන (see Wijewardana).
Wijayawardhana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේවර්ධන (see Wijewardana).
Wijayawardhane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේවර්ධන (see Wijewardana).
Wijayawickrama Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Wijewickrama.
Wijayawickrema Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයවික්‍රම​ (see Wijewickrama).
Wijegunarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේගුණරත්න (see Wijegunaratne).
Wijegunarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේගුණරත්න (see Wijegunaratne).
Wijekoon Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" combined with Sinhala කෝන් (kon) meaning "king" (of Tamil origin).
Wijemanna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේමාන්න (see Wijemanne).
Wijerathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේරත්න (see Wijeratne).
Wijerathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේරත්න (see Wijeratne).
Wijeratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේරත්න (see Wijeratne).
Wijesingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේසිංහ (see Wijesinghe).
Wijesinha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේසිංහ (see Wijesinghe).
Wijesiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Wijesiriwardana Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" combined with श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, strengthening, growing".
Wijesiriwardane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේසිරිවර්ධන (see Wijesiriwardana).
Wijesiriwardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේසිරිවර්ධන (see Wijesiriwardana).
Wijesooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese විජේසූරිය (see Wijesuriya).
Wijesundera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේසුන්දර (see Wijesundara).
Wijethilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේතිලක (see Wijethilaka).
Wijethunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේ­තුංග (see Wijethunga).
Wijetilaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේතිලක (see Wijethilaka).
Wijetillake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේතිලක (see Wijethilaka).
Wijetilleke Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේතිලක (see Wijethilaka).
Wijetunga Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේතුංග (see Wijethunga).
Wijetunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේ­තුංග (see Wijethunga).
Wijewardane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේවර්ධන (see Wijewardana).
Wijewardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේවර්ධන (see Wijewardana).
Wijewardene Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේවර්ධන (see Wijewardana).
Wijewardhana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේවර්ධන (see Wijewardana).
Wijewickrema Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේවික්‍රම (see Wijewickrama).
Wijeyakoon Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයරත්න (see Wijayakoon).
Wijeyarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයරත්න (see Wijayarathna).
Wijeyarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයරත්න (see Wijayarathna).
Wijeyaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයරත්න (see Wijayarathna).
Wijeyaratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයරත්න (see Wijayarathna).
Wijeyasinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයසිංහ (see Wijayasinghe).
Wijeyawardana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයවර්ධන (see Wijayawardana).
Wijeyawardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයවර්ධන (see Wijayawardana).
Wijeyekoon Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයකෝන් (see Wijayakoon).
Wijeyerathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයරත්න (see Wijayarathna).
Wijeyeratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයරත්න (see Wijayarathna).
Wijeyeratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයරත්න (see Wijayarathna).
Wijeyesinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයසිංහ (see Wijayasinghe).
Wijnaldum Frisian, Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
From Wijnaldum, the name of a village within the city of Harlingen in northwest Friesland in the Netherlands, derived from the given name Winald combined with Old Frisian hēm meaning "home, settlement"... [more]
Wijnands Dutch
Means "son of Wijnand".
Wijnen Dutch
Patronymic form of Wijn, a short form of personal names containing the element wini "friend", such as Boudewijn or Adalwin.
Wikén Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish vik "bay" and the common surname suffix -én.
Wikramasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමසිංහ (see Wickramasinghe).
Wikramasinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමසිංහ (see Wickramasinghe).
Wikström Swedish
Composed of the elements vik "bay" and ström "stream"
Wilbraham English
Denoted a person hailing from Wilbraham in Cambridgeshire, England. The place name itself means "Wilburg's homestead or estate" in Old English, Wilburg or Wilburga allegedly referring to a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon princess who was given the lands later called Wilbraham by her father, King Penda of Mercia.
Wilburn English
A habitation name of uncertain origin found in the East Midlands. Speculation includes the possibility of the meaning "well" and "burn, borne" therefore meaning one who lived near a well or spring by a waterway crossing.
Wilcoxson English
Patronymic form of Wilcox which is derived from a diminutive of the given name William
Wilczek Polish
Diminutive form of Wilk, which means "wolf" in Polish.
Wilders English, Dutch
Variant of Wilder. Dutch politician Geert Wilders (1963-) bears this name.
Wildfong German
An Americanized form of German Wildfang. A nickname from Middle High German Wiltvanc "Wildman Stranger", denoting a person who was not a member of the community.
Wildin English
The former placename is composed of the Olde English pre 7th Century words "wilg", willow, and "denu", a valley; while the latter place in Worcestershire is derived from the Olde English personal name "Winela", plus the Olde English "dun", a hill or mountain.
Wildsmith English
Probably means "maker of wheels, wheelwright".
Wilén Swedish, Finland Swedish, Finnish
Variant of Vilén or Willén (meanings uncertain, they might be variants of the same name).
Wilewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Wilewo.
Wilford English
habitational name from either of two places called Wilford in Nottinghamshire and Suffolk both probably named with an Old English welig "willow" and Old English ford "ford".
Wilgar Irish
An ancient surname of Olde English and Scottish origins. It is usually occupational for a textile fuller, deriving from the pre 7th century word wealcere, meaning to walk or tread.
Wilhelmsson Swedish
Means "son of Wilhelm".
Wilkes English, Frisian
English: patronymic from Wilk.... [more]
Wilkosz Polish
Derivative of Wilk.
Wilkowska f Polish
Feminine form of Wilkowski.
Wilks English
Variant of Wilkes.
Will Scottish, English, German
Scottish and northern English from the medieval personal name Will, a short form of William, or from some other medieval personal names with this first element, for example Wilbert or Willard... [more]
Wille German
From a short form of any of the Germanic personal names beginning Willi-, as for example, Willibrant, Willihart.
Willert German
German cognate and variant of Willard. From a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements willo "will, desire" and hard "hardy, brave, strong".
Willets English
Occasionally a Habitational name from Willet in Elworthy. Probably a compound of Old English wiell will 'spring' + an unrecorded gīete 'stream'.(Ancestory.com) Or is a varation of the given name William.
Willett English
From a pet form of Will, or an Americanized form of French Ouellette.
Willingham English
Habitational name from a place named Willingham, notably one in Cambridgeshire and one in Suffolk. The first is recorded in Domesday Book as Wivelingham "homestead (Old English hām) of the people of a man called Wifel".
Willman English
Occupational name for someone who was the servant of a man called Will.
Willock English
From the medieval male personal name Willoc, a pet-form based on the first syllable of any of a range of Old English compound names beginning with willa "will, desire".
Willow English
topographic name from Middle English wilwe wilghe willowe "willow" (Old English wilig welig) for a person who lived at or near a willow tree or in an area where willow trees grew... [more]
Willows English (British)
This is an English residential or perhaps occupational surname. It may originate from one of the various places in England called 'The Willows', or even a place such as Newton le Willows in Lancashire, or it may describe a supplier of willow.
Willrich German
from the personal name Williric derived from the elements willo "will, desire" and rih "ruler, king"... [more]
Wills German
Patronymic from any of the Germanic personal names beginning with wil "will, desire".
Wilm German
From a short form of the given name Wilhelm.
Wiltshire English
Habitational name from the county of Wiltshire in England.
Wimaladarma Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විමලධර්ම (see Wimaladharma).
Wimalarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විමලරත්න (see Wimalarathna).
Wimalaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විමලරත්න (see Wimalarathna).
Wimalaratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විමලරත්න (see Wimalarathna).
Wimalasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විමලසේකර (see Wimalasekara).
Wimalasekere Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විමලසේකර (see Wimalasekara).
Wimalasiri Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विमल (vimala) meaning "clean, pure" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Wimalasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විමලසූරිය (see Wimalasuriya).
Wimalawansha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විමලවංශ (see Wimalawansa).
Wimmer German
Occupational last name, meaning "wine maker," using a derivation of the element Wein (meaning "wine") and likely another derivation from -macher (meaning "maker"). It's possible as well that it is derived from Weimann.
Wimp English
The surname has at least two origins. The first is occupational and describes a maker of 'wimplels', an Old English veil later much associated with nuns. Second, it may also be locational from the village of Whimple in Devonshire, or Wimpole in Cambridge.
Wimpey English
Perhaps a deliberate alteration of Impey. It is borne by George Wimpey, a British construction company, founded in Hammersmith, London in 1880 by George Wimpey (1855-1913)... [more]
Win English
Variant spelling of Wynn.
Win Dutch
Variant of Winne.
Wind German
Variant of Wendt.
Windham English, Irish (Anglicized)
English habitational name from Wyndham in West Sussex, near West Grinstead, probably named from an unattested Old English personal name Winda + Old English hamm ‘water meadow’; or from Wymondham in Leicestershire and Norfolk, named from the Old English personal name Wigmund (see Wyman) + Old English ham ‘homestead’... [more]
Windus English
Variant of Wingers. The name is a metonymic occupational name for a textile worker or weaver, derived from the Middle English wyndhows ("winding house").
Winegar German
This German surname may belong to one whose ancestors worked in the food industry or in the production of vinegar. In German the letter “W” is pronounced as the letter “V” in English.
Winegardner English (American)
Anglicized form of the German occupational surname Weingartner. A known bearer of this surname is the American writer Mark Winegardner (b. 1961).
Winehouse Jewish, German
Anglicized variant of German and Yiddish 'Weinhaus'. From German wein, 'vine, grapevine' and haus 'house, building, home', likely indicating a house with a vineyard. ... [more]
Winfrey English
From the Old English personal name Winfrith, literally "friend-peace". A famous bearer of this surname is Oprah Winfrey (1954-), a US television talk-show presenter.
Wingard English
from Middle English vineyerde vine-yard "vineyard" (Old English wīngeard given a partly French form) hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a vineyard or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in one or a habitational name from any place so named such as Wynyard Hall in Grindon (Durham)... [more]
Winkel German, Jewish
Derived from Middle High German winkel "corner, angle", a topographic name for someone who lived on a corner of land in the country or a street corner in a town or city. This word also came to denote a corner shop (see Winkelmann)... [more]
Winkel Dutch, Belgian
Habitational name from any of numerous minor places named using the element winkel "corner".
Winkelmann German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone who lived on a corner or kept a corner shop (see Winkel), with the addition of Middle High German man, German Mann ‘man’... [more]
Winkle English
it's said to originate from the village of Wincle, near the town of Macclesfield in the county of Cheshire.
Winks English
Variant of Winch
Winkworth Medieval English
Locative name from Winkworth Farm in Lea (Wilts), recorded as Winkeworthe in 1248. It is also possible that the surname is from Winkworth Farm in Godalming (Surrey), considering the presence of medieval early bearers in the county, but there are no medieval forms for this place-name and so the early bearers in Surrey may be migrants from the Wilts place, who later gave their name to the place in Surrey.
Winne English
Variant spelling of Wynn.
Winney English
Derived from an unattested Old English given name, *Wyngeofu, composed of the elements wyn "joy" and geofu "battle".... [more]
Winnick English (Rare)
Habitational name for someone from a place called Winwick, for example in Northamptonshire or Cambridgeshire, both of which are named from the Old English personal name Wina + wic 'outlying dairy farm or settlement'.
Winninger German
Probably denoted a person from the municipality of Winningen in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in western Germany.
Winnykamien Polish
It is the Polish version of Weinstein
Winsett English
From an English surname of unexplained origin, perhaps related to Winslow, Winston or Windsor.
Winsininski Polish (Anglicized)
Winsininski is an anglicized version of the name "Wisniewski", which is from multiple places in Poland called Wisniewo, Wisniew, and Wisniewa. These names all have "wisna" which means cherry, or cherry tree.... [more]
Winstanley English
From the name of a place in Lancashire, England, which means "Wynnstan's field" from the Old English masculine given name Wynnstan and leah meaning "woodland, clearing"... [more]
Winstead English
Perhaps derived from the town of Wanstead in Greater London, England (recorded in the Domesday Book as Wenesteda), named with Old English wænn meaning "wagon" and stede meaning "place, site", but it is more likely derived from the village of Winestead in East Yorkshire, England, named from Old English wefa meaning "wife" and hamstede meaning "homestead"... [more]
Winterberg German
Habitational name from any of several places named with Middle High German winter "winter" and berg "mountain".
Winterbourn English
A variant spelling of the surname Winterbourne, means "winter stream", a stream or river that is dry through the summer months.
Winterburn English
habitational name from any of various places called with Old English winter "winter" and burna "stream" meaning "winter stream" for a stream which only flows or flows at a faster rate during the winter and more or less dries up in summer such as Winterburn in Gargrave (Yorkshire) Winterbourne (Berkshire Gloucestershire) Winterbourne Bassett (Wiltshire) or one of thirteen parishes named Winterborne in Dorset including Winterborne Abbas Winterborne Monkton and Winterborne Zelstone... [more]
Winterfeld German
A topographic name from Middle High German winter "winter" and feld "field" denoting a winter pasture or a field with an autumn sowing or a winter crop or a habitational name from any of various places so named for example near Salzwedel... [more]
Winters English, German
Patronymic form of Winter.
Winterson English
Patronymic form of Winter.
Wirkola Kven
Norwegian Variant of Virkkula.
Wirz German
Variant of Wirtz.
Wise English
Nickname for a wise or learned person, or in some cases a nickname for someone suspected of being acquainted with the occult arts, from Middle English wys "wise, thoughtful, knowledgeable; alert, aware"... [more]
Wiseman English
Variant of Wise combined with the suffix man. It may have also been used ironically.
Wish English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a water meadow or marsh, Middle English wyshe (Old English wisc). Americanized spelling of Wisch.
Wisneski Polish
A derivate of Wiśniewski, which is said to mean "The Little Cherry Tree"
Wisp English
The surname of the author of Quidditch Through The Ages in the Harry Potter Universe, Kennilworthy Whisp. Probably referring to the wind, or a family of people who usually were nearly bald.
Wit Dutch
Means "white" in Dutch, a variant of De Wit.
Witek Polish, English (Rare)
From the personal name Wit, a short form of Witold, a derivative of Lithuanian Vytautas, a compound of vyti 'to guide' + tauta 'the people'... [more]
Withak English
Habitational name from any of various places so called, particularly those in Essex, Lincolnshire, and Somerset, though most often from Essex. The Essex placename may derive from Old English wiht ‘curve, bend’ + hām ‘village, homestead’... [more]
Withall English
Possibly a variant of Whitehall or Whittle. Could alternatively derive from Withiel, the name of a village in Cornwall, ultimately from Cornish Gwydhyel meaning "wooded place".