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Wilde Irish, English, German, Dutch, Jewish
Variant of Wild.

Wilders English, Dutch
Variant of Wilder. Dutch politician Geert Wilders (1963-) bears this name.

Wilks English
Variant of Wilkes.

Willett English
From a pet form of Will, or an Americanized form of French Ouellette.

Win English
Variant spelling of Wynn.

Winchel English
from Old English wencel ‘child’, perhaps used to distinguish a son from his father with the same forename or perhaps a nickname for a person with a baby face or childlike manner

Wind English, German, Danish
Nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English wind "wind", Middle High German wint "wind", also "greyhound".

Winterson English
Patronymic form of Winter.

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.

Witt English
Variant of White.

Witte German, Dutch, English
Cognate to and variant of White, a nickname for someone with white or blonde hair or an unusually pale complexion

Woodnut English
From a rare Anglo-Saxon personal name meaning "bold as Wade" and meant to honor the legendary Germanic sea-giant named Wade.

Woulfe English, Irish
English: variant spelling of Wolf. ... [more]

Wren English
Nickname from the bird, derived from Middle English wrenne, possibly denoting a person of small stature. A famous bearer of the name was English architect Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723).

Wylde English (British)
It is a nickname for a person who was of wild or undisciplined character. Looking back even further, the name was originally derived from the Old English word "wilde," meaning "untamed" or "uncivilized."... [more]

Wynn English
From Old English wine "friend", which could be used as a byname or personal name (see Wine).

Wynter English
Variant of Winter.

Wyss English
Nickname for someone with pale or white skin.

Yapp English
From a nickname for a clever or cunning person, derived from Middle English yap "deceitful, shrewd", from Old English geap "crooked, bent, curved".

Yellow English
Nickname for someone who has yellow hair; wore yellow clothing or has a yellow complexion

Yonge English
Variant of Yong

Younger English, American
English (mainly Borders) from Middle English yonger ‘younger’, hence a distinguishing name for, for example, the younger of two bearers of the same personal name. In one case, at least, however, the name is known to have been borne by an immigrant Fleming, and was probably an Americanized form of Middle Dutch jongheer ‘young nobleman’ (see Jonker)... [more]

Younghusband English
Combination of Middle English yong ”young” and husbonda ”farmer”.

Youngling English (American)
Variant of Young.

Youngman English
From Middle English yunge man "young servant", ultimately from Old English geong mann "young man".

Youngs English
Variant of Young.

Zackert English, German
An Americanization of the German surnames Zacher and Zachert. It comes from a vernacular form of the personal name Zacharias.

Zescoi English
derived from the word zesty when used to describe someone

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