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WARD (1) : Derived from the Old English occupation weard meaning "guard, watchman".

WARD (2) : Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Bhaird which means "son of the bard".

WARD (3) : Adopted by bearers of Yiddish surnames like WARSZAWSKI or WARSHAWSKY, which start with a sound similar to English Ward.

WARD (4) : Americanized form of French GUÉRIN.

WARDROBE : Means "warder of the robes", from Old French warder, garder "to watch" and robe.

WARE : Most examples of this surname are probably derived from Old English wær meaning "(dweller by the) dam, weir". Some instances may stem from the Middle...

WARNER : Variant of WERNER.

WARREN (1) : Denoted a person who lived near a warrene, Norman French meaning "animal enclosure" (of Germanic origin).

WARREN (2) : Originally denoted a person from the town of La Varenne in Normandy.

WARRICK : Variant of WARWICK.

WARSHAWSKY : Yiddish or American spelling of WARSZAWSKI.

WARSZAWSKI : Place name for someone from the city of Warsaw, which became the capital of Poland after the destruction of Kraków by fire.

WARWICK : From the name of a town, itself derived from Old English wer "weir, dam" and wic "dairy farm".

WASH : Derived from the Old French name Gace, Old German Wazzo and Frisian Watso which all are diminutives of Old German names beginning with Wad- or Warin-.

WASHINGTON : From a place name meaning "town belonging to Wassa's people", from Old English tun meaning town, and Wassa, a given name derived from Wāðsige, compo...

WASYLYK : Derived from the given name WASYL.

WASYLYSHYN : Means "son of WASYL".

WATANABE : From Japanese 渡 (wataru) meaning "cross, ferry" and 辺 (be) meaning "edge, side".

WATERMAN (1) : Means "servant of WALTER".

WATERMAN (2) : Occupational surname for a boatman or a water carrier. It could also describe a person who lived by water.

WATERS (1) : Originally given to a person who lived near the water.

WATERS (2) : Patronymic form of WALTER.

WATKINS : Derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, which was a diminutive of the name WALTER.

WATSON : Patronymic form of the English and Scottish name Watt, which came from the popular Middle English given name Wat or Watt, a diminutive of the name WAL#...

WATT : Derived from the given name Wat or Watt, a diminutive of the name WALTER.

WATTS : Patronymic derived from the given name Wat or Watt, a diminutive of the name WALTER.

WAUTERS : Variant of WOLTERS.

WAWRZASZEK : Means "son of WAWRZYNIEC".

WAXWEILER : Denoted a person from Waxweiler, a village in the Eifel region of Germany just north of Trier.

WAY : Originally given to a person who lived near a road (a way).