- Wittatun
Meaning: From the wise mans estate
Origin: English - Witter
Witter Name Meaning. German: from a Germanic personal name, composed of the elements widu 'wood' + hari 'army'. North German: occupational name for a painter or plasterer, from Middle Low German witten 'to make white'.
Meaning: Wise wamor
Origin: English - Witton
This interesting surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is locational from places so called in Lancashire, Yorkshire, Durham, Northumberland and Cheshire. ... The second source is derived from the Old English 'widu', wood, and 'tun', as before, thus 'settlement by a wood'.
Meaning: From the wise mans estate
Origin: English - Wlader
Walder Name Meaning. English: variant of Wald, with the addition of the habitational suffix -er. German: habitational name from any of several places called Wald, or a topographic name for someone who lived in a forest or wood, Middle High German walt.
Meaning: Strong fighter
Origin: German - Wodeleah
Meaning: From the wooded meadow
Origin: English - Woden
Origin of Woden. before 900; Middle English, Old English Wōden (cognate with German Wotan, Old Norse Ōthinn ), equivalent to wōd wood2 + -en noun suffix marking headship; Woden was the leader of the Wild Hunt.
Meaning: King of the gods
Origin: English - Wohehiv
Meaning: King of the gods
Origin: Irish - Wokaihwokomas
The name Wokaihwokomas is a Native American baby name. In Native American the meaning of the name Wokaihwokomas is: White antelope.
- Wolcott
The Wolcott surname is a habitational name derived from the place name Woolcot in Somerset, which in turn is thought to come from the Middle English words "wolle," meaning "spring," and "cot" meaning a cottage or shelter.
Meaning: Wolfs home
Origin: English - Wolfcot
Meaning: Lives in wolfes cottage
Origin: English - Wolfgar
Teutonic Meaning: The name Wolfgar is a Teutonic baby name. In Teutonic the meaning of the name Wolfgar is: Wolf spear.
Meaning: Wolf spear
Origin: German - Wolfric
Wulfric or Wolfric is an Anglo-Saxon masculine given name, composed of the elements wulf "wolf" and ric "rich, powerful".
Meaning: Wolf ruler
Origin: German - Wolfrick
German Meaning: The name Wolfrick is a German baby name. In German the meaning of the name Wolfrick is: Wolf ruler.
Meaning: Wolf ruler
Origin: German - Wolfrik
German Meaning: The name Wolfrik is a German baby name. In German the meaning of the name Wolfrik is: Wolf ruler.
Meaning: Wolf ruler
Origin: German - Wolsey
This interesting name, with variant spellings, Woolsey and Woosey can be either patronymic or a nickname of Anglo-Saxon origin. ... The personal name was popular in Suffolk where it gave rise to the surname of Cardinal Wolxey (circa 1475-1530). The second origin, derives from a nickname 'Wulfesege', meaning 'wolf's eye'.
Meaning: King henry the eighth cardinal campeius
Origin: English - Woodley
This ancient and interesting surname, of Anglo-Saxon origin, is a locational name from Woodleigh in Devonshire, or Woodley in Berkshire, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century "wudu" meaning wood plus "leah", pasture, clearing, hence "glade in a wood".
Meaning: Residence name
Origin: English - Woodman
Woodman Name Meaning. occupational name for a woodcutter or a forester (compare Woodward), or topographic name for someone who lived in the woods. possibly from the Old English personal name Wudumann. Similar surnames: Goodman, Waldman, Woodland, Todman, Woodfin, Bodman, Holdman, Moorman.
- Woodruff
Woodruff Name Meaning. English: topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of land where woodruff grew, Old English wudurofe (a compound of wudu 'wood' with a second element of unknown origin).
- Woods
Woods is a name that first reached England following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Woods family lived in Leicestershire. Further research showed the name was derived from the Old English word wode, meaning wood, and indicates that the original bearer lived near a wood.
- Woodville
Shakespearean Meaning: The name Woodville is a Shakespearean baby name. In Shakespearean the meaning of the name Woodville is: Henry VI, Part 1' Lieutenant of the Tower.
Meaning: Henry vi part 1 lieutenant of the tower
Origin: English - Woodward
Woodward is a name that was carried to England in the great wave of migration from Normandy following the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is a name for a forester. Looking back even further, we found the name was originally derived from the Old English words wode, meaning wood, and ward, meaning guardian or keeper.
Meaning: Cares for the woods
Origin: English - Woolcott
The Woolcott surname is a habitational name derived from the place name Woolcot in Somerset, which in turn is thought to come from the Middle English words "wolle," meaning "spring," and "cot" meaning a cottage or shelter.
Meaning: Lives in wolfes cottage
Origin: English - Worcester
Worcester Name Meaning. English: habitational name from the city of Worcester, named from Old English ceaster 'Roman fort or walled city' (Latin castra 'legionary camp') + a British tribal name of uncertain origin.
Meaning: From the alder forest army camp
Origin: English - Worden
Worden Name Meaning. English (chiefly Lancashire): habitational name from a place near Chorley. Early forms consistently show the first syllable as Wer-, and the name is probably derived from Old English wer 'weir' + denu 'valley'.
Meaning: Defender or guard
Origin: English - Wordsworth
In English the meaning of the name Wordsworth is: World guardian.
Meaning: World guardian
Origin: English - Worrell
Worrell Name Meaning. English: habitational name from Worrall in South Yorkshire, named with Old English wir 'bog myrtle' + halh 'nook', 'recess'. The Wirral peninsula in Cheshire has the same origin and may well be the source of the surname in some cases.
Meaning: From the true mans manor
Origin: English - Worthington
English: habitational name from places in Lancashire and Leicestershire named Worthington; both may have originally been named in Old English as Wurðingtun 'settlement (Old English tun) associated with Wurð', but it is also possible that the first element was Old English worðign, a derivative of worð 'enclosure'.
Meaning: Residence name
Origin: English - Worton
Worton Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of various places called Worton.
Meaning: From the vegetable farm
Origin: English - Woudman
Meaning: Forester.
Origin: Dutch - Wouter
Wouter is a Dutch masculine given name popular in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the Dutch equivalent of the English name Walter, both of Germanic origin, meaning "ruler of the army" or "ruler of the forest". Wouter is sometimes shortened to Wout. The patronymic surname of Wouter is Wouters.
Meaning: Strong fighter
Origin: German