- Waleis
Waleis is derived from Old French origins. Waleis is a variant of the name Wallace (English and Scottish). ... It is not listed in the top 1000 names.
Meaning: From wales
Origin: English - Walford
Walford Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of various places called Walford. Examples in Herefordshire and Shropshire are named with Old English (West Midlands) wæll(a) 'spring', 'stream' + ford 'ford'.
Meaning: From the welshmans ford
Origin: English - Waljan
The name Waljan is a Welsh baby name. In Welsh the meaning of the name Waljan is: Chosen.
- Walk
Meaning & History. From an English surname which referred to the medieval occupational of a walker, also known as a fuller. Walkers would tread on wet, unprocessed wool in order to clean and thicken it. The word ultimately derives from Old English wealcan "to walk".
Meaning: Cloth washer, wall-marsh
Origin: English - Walker
Walker Name Meaning. English (especially Yorkshire) and Scottish: occupational name for a fuller, Middle English walkere, Old English wealcere, an agent derivative of wealcan 'to walk, tread'. This was the regular term for the occupation during the Middle Ages in western and northern England. Compare Fuller and Tucker.
Meaning: One who trods the cloth
Origin: English - Waller
Last name: Waller. SDB Popularity ranking: 401. This most interesting surname is mainly of Anglo-Saxon origin, and has four possible interpretations. It may be a topographical name for one who lived by a stone-built wall, such as that around a town or sea-wall, from the Olde English pre 7th Century "w(e)all", wall.
- Wallis
Wallis Name Meaning. English: from Anglo-Norman French waleis 'Welsh' (from a Germanic cognate of Old English wealh 'foreign'), hence an ethnic name for a Welsh speaker. Compare Scottish Wallace.
Meaning: From wales
Origin: English - Walton
Walton is a surname or placename of Anglo-Saxon habitational origins. It derives from a topographical site with the suffix "tun" (town, farm or hamlet) and the prefixes "wald" (a wood), "walesc" (foreigner) or "walh" (a farm worker).
Meaning: Walled town
Origin: English - Walworth
Walworth Name Meaning. English: habitational name from either of two places called Walworth, in Greater London and County Durham, both named with Old English w(e)alh 'Briton', genitive plural wala (see Wallace) + worð 'enclosure'.
Meaning: City of walls
Origin: English - Wann
Wann Name Meaning. English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English wann 'wan', 'pale' (the meaning of the word in Old English was, conversely, 'dark'). German: from the personal name Wano, a short form of Wambald (see Wambold).
- Wanrrick
- Warde
The name Warde reached England in the great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name Warde is for a guard having derived from the Old English word ward, meaning guardian or watchman. Buy PDF History »
- Wareine
Wareing comes from the Old French personal name Guarin meaning to shelter or protect.
Meaning: Gamekeeper
Origin: English - Waren
German Meaning: The name Waren is a German baby name. In German the meaning of the name Waren is: Loyal.
Meaning: Game-park, place in France
Origin: English - Warfield
Warfield was originally an Anglo-Saxon settlement and is recorded in the Domesday Book as Warwelt [sic]. The name is believed to have originated from the Old English wær + feld, meaning 'Open land by a weir'.
Meaning: From the field by the weir
Origin: English - Warford
Warford Name Meaning. English: habitational name, probably from Warford in Cheshire, which is named with Old English wær, wer 'weir' + ford 'ford'. The surname is now more common in Suffolk than in Cheshire.
Meaning: From the farm by the weir
Origin: English - Warian
- Warleigh
Meaning: From the weir meadow
Origin: English - Warner
Warner Name Meaning. English (of Norman origin) and North German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements war(in) 'guard' + heri, hari 'army'.
Meaning: Warinwarrior
Origin: English - Warron
Meaning & History. From an English surname which was derived either from Norman French warrene meaning "animal enclosure", or else from the town of La Varenne in Normandy. This name was borne by the American president Warren G.
Meaning: Game-park, place in France
Origin: English - Warry
This unusual name is of Norman origin, introduced into England after the Conquest of 1066. The name derives from the Germanic personal name 'werric', in Old French 'Guern', and is first recorded as a personal name in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the forms 'Guericus' and 'Gueri', in Norfolk and London respectively.
Meaning: Game-park, place in France
Origin: English - Wartun
Meaning & History. Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and beorht "bright". After the Norman conquest, this Old English name was merged with its Norman cognate. It was rare in the Middle Ages, and eventually died out. It was briefly revived in the 19th century.
Meaning: From the farm by the weir
Origin: English - Warwick
Meaning of name Warwick. Etymology : From an English surname which was derived from the name of a town meaning "dam farm" (from Old English wer "weir, dam" and wic "dairy farm").
- Warwyk
Teutonic Meaning: ... In Teutonic the meaning of the name Warwick is: Protecting ruler.
- Washbourne
Washburn (alternatively Wasseburne, Wasseborne, Wasshebourne, Wassheborne, Washbourne, Washburne, Washborne, Washborn, Wasborn, Washbon, Washman, etc.) is a toponymic surname, probably of Old English origin, with likely Anglo-Norman and Norman-French influences after the Conquest, as the name evolved.
Meaning: From the flooding brook
Origin: English - Washburn
Washburn Name Meaning. Northern English: topographic name for someone living on the banks of the Washburn river in West Yorkshire, so named from the Old English personal name Walc + Old English burna 'stream'. The river name is first recorded as Walke(s)burna in the early 12th century.
Meaning: From the flooding brook
Origin: English - Washburne
Washburn (alternatively Wasseburne, Wasseborne, Wasshebourne, Wassheborne, Washbourne, Washburne, Washborne, Washborn, Wasborn, Washbon, Washman, etc.) is a toponymic surname, probably of Old English origin, with likely Anglo-Norman and Norman-French influences after the Conquest, as the name evolved.
Meaning: From the flooding brook
Origin: English - Watelford
Meaning: From the hurdle ford
Origin: English - Watford
Watford Name Meaning. English: habitational name from Watford in Hertfordshire or from the much smaller place in Northamptonshire, both named with Old English wað 'hunt' + ford 'ford'.
Meaning: From the hurdle ford
Origin: English - Watkin
Watkins is an English and Welsh surname derived as a patronymic from Watkin, in turn a diminutive of the name Watt (also Wat), a popular Middle English given name itself derived as a pet form of the name Walter. Notable people with the surname include: Aaron S. Watkins, American academic and politician.
Meaning: Ruler of the army
Origin: English
