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WAYNE : Occupational surname meaning "wagon maker", derived from Old English wægn "wagon". A famous bearer was actor John Wayne (1907-1979).

WEAVER : Occupational name meaning simply "weaver" from Old English wefan, Middle English weven. Some examples of the surname may derive from the River Weaver,...

WEBB : Occupational name meaning "weaver", from Old English webba.

WEBER : Variant of WEEBER, used more commonly today in Germany.

WEBSTER : Occupational name meaning "weaver", from Old English webba.

WECHSLER : Means "money changer, banker" from the German word Geldwechsler "money changer".

WEDEKIND : From an Old German given name composed of the elements witu "woods" and chind "child".

WEEBER : Means "weaver" in German.

WEEKES : Means "dweller in an outlying settlement (dependent on a larger village)" from Old English wic.

WEGENER : Low German variant of WAGNER.

WEGNER : Low German variant of WAGNER.

WEHNER : Variant of WAGNER.

WEHUNT : Americanized form of German WIEGAND.

WEIGAND : Variant of WIEGAND.

WEIMAN : Means "wine seller, producer" from German Wein, Middle High German wîn.

WEINER : Variant of WAGNER.

WEISS : From Middle High German wiz meaning "white". This was originally a nickname for a person with white hair or skin.

WEIß : Variant of WEISS.

WELCH : Variant of WALSH.

WELLS : Derived from Middle English welle meaning "well". This was a name for someone who lived near a spring or stream.

WELTER : Variant of WALTER.

WEMBLEY : From the name of a town, now part of Greater London, meaning "WEMBA's clearing" in Old English.

WEN : From Chinese 文 (wén) meaning "literature, culture, writing".

WENDEL : Derived from the given name WENDEL.

WENDELL : Derived from the given name WENDEL.

WENTRCEK : Referred to one whose characteristics made him stand out, such as being taller or shorter than normal, bald-headed, more clever, more stubborn, and so...

WERNER : From the German given name WERNER.

WERNHER : Variant of WERNER.

WESCOTT : From a place name which meant "west cottages" in Old English.

WESLEY : Variant of WESTLEY.



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