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WALHERICH m : Old Germanic form of VALÉRY.

WALID m : Means "newborn", derived from Arabic ولد (walada) "to give birth". This was the name of the Umayyad caliph who conquered Spain in the 8th century.

WALKER m : 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 ...

WALLACE m : From a Scottish and English surname which originally meant "Welsh" or "foreigner" in Norman French. It was first used as given name in honour of Sir W...

WALLIS f/m : From a surname which was a variant of WALLACE. Wallis Simpson (1895-1986) was the divorced woman whom Edward VIII married, which forced him to abdicat...

WALLY m : Diminutive of WALTER or WALLACE.

WALT m : Short form of WALTER.

WALTER m : From a Germanic name meaning "ruler of the army", composed of the elements wald "rule" and hari "army". The Normans brought it to England, where it re...

WALTHER m : German form of WALTER. This name was borne by the 13th-century German poet Walther von der Vogelweide.

WALTON m : From a surname which was originally taken from various Old English place names meaning "stream town", "wood town", or "wall town".

WALTRAUD f : From the Germanic element wald "power, ruler" or walha "foreign" combined with thrud "strength".

WANDA f : Possibly from a Germanic name meaning "a Wend", referring to the Slavic people who inhabited eastern Germany. In Polish legends this was the name of t...

WANDAL m : Old Germanic form of WENDEL.

WANDALIN m : Old Germanic form of WENDELIN.

WANGI f : Means "fragrant" in Malay and Indonesian.

WAPASHA m : Means "red leaf" in the Dakota language. This was the name of several Sioux chiefs.

WAQAR m : Means "majesty, dignity" in Arabic.

WARD m : From an occupational surname for a watchman, derived from Old English weard "guard".

WARDELL m : From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "watch hill" in Old English.

WARIN m : Germanic name derived from the element warin meaning "guard, protect".

WARINHARI m : Old Germanic form of WERNER.

WARNER m : From a Norman surname which was derived from the given name WERNER.

WARREN m : From an English surname which was derived either from Norman French warrene meaning "animal enclosure", or else from the town of La Varenne in Normand...

WARRICK m : From a surname which was a variant of WARWICK.

WARWICK m : 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").

WASHINGTON m : From a surname which was originally derived from the name of a town in England (which meant "town belonging to Wassa's people"). The given name is usu...

WASHTI f : Ancient Hebrew form of VASHTI.

WASI m : Means "broad-minded, liberal, learned" in Arabic.

WASIM m : Means "handsome" in Arabic.

WASSIM m : Variant transcription of WASIM.