- 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.
- Woodrow
Variants: Woody (pet form) Meaning: Row of houses made of wood or hedge or a row of trees. Woodrow was originally an English surname which may originally derive from a toponym meaning row of houses by a wood in Old English.
- 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.
- Woodson
Woodson Name Meaning. English (Yorkshire): habitational name for someone from Woodsome in West Yorkshire, named in Old English as æt wudu-husum '(place at) the houses in the wood'.
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- 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 - Woody
The name Woody is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Woody is: Row of houses in a wood. From the cottages in the wood.
Meaning: Lives in arow of houses by the wood
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 - Woolsey
This interesting surname of English origin with variant spellings Wolsey, Woolsey, Woosey, etc. derives from the Middle English given name "Wulsi", Old English pre 7th Century "Wulfsige", composed of the elements "wulf" meaning "wolf" plus "sige", "victory".
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- 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 - Worrin
German Meaning: The name Warren is a German baby name. In German the meaning of the name Warren is: Protector; loyal.
Meaning: Game-park, place in France
Origin: English - Worth - WəRTH
The Worth surname was a habitational name, taken on from any of various places named Worth. The place names in turn come from the Old English "worð," meaning "enclosure," or "settlement."
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- 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 - Wout
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:
- 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 - Wray
Wray Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of various minor places in northern England named Wray, Wrea, or Wreay, from Old Norse vrá 'nook', 'corner', 'recess'.
- Wregan
Meaning of the name Reagan The Anglicised version of the Irish surname meaning 'decendent of Riagan'. The name means 'enthusiastic' or by extension 'impulsive'.
- Wright
Wright is an occupational surname originating in England. The term 'Wright' comes from the circa 700 AD Old English word 'wryhta' or 'wyrhta', meaning worker or shaper of wood. Later it became any occupational worker (for example, a shipwright is a person who builds ships), and is used as a British family name.
- Wrisley
Wrisley Name Meaning. Origin uncertain; perhaps a variant spelling of English Risley.
Meaning: A form of risley
- Wriston
Wriston Name Meaning. English: habitational name, probably from Long Riston in East Yorkshire, named from Old English hris 'brushwood' + tun 'farmstead'.
Meaning: A form of riston
- Wryhta
- Wselfwulf
Meaning: Wolf of slaughter
Origin: English - Wu
From Chinese 武 (wǔ) meaning "military, martial" (which is generally only masculine) or 务 (wù) meaning "affairs, business", as well as other characters which are pronounced similarly.
