Names starting with W
415 Names found
From Japanese 渉 (wataru) meaning "wade, ford" or 亘 (wataru) meaning "extend, stretch". Other kanji characters can form this name as well.
From a suffix meaning "woman" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit.
Possibly a Frisian diminutive of Walter.
Derived from an English surname signifying "son of Wat". A notable fictional bearer of the surname was Dr. Watson, the assistant to Sherlock Holmes...
Signifies "development, prosperity, growth" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit वर्धन (vardhana).
From the rare English surname Waverley, derived from the name of a place in Surrey, itself possibly from Old English wæfre "flickering, wavering" and ...
Possibly means "little goose" in Ojibwe. This was the name of an 18th-century chief of the Ottawa people.
Polish form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1).
From Balinese wayah meaning "old, mature", ultimately from Sanskrit वयस् (vayas) meaning "energy, strength, age". This name is traditionally given to...
From Old English Weland, probably derived from the Germanic root *wīlą meaning "craft, cunning". In Germanic legend Weland (called Vǫlundr in Old...
Variant of Wayland. This name was popularized by country music singer Waylon Jennings (1937-2002), who was originally named Wayland [1].
Derived from an occupational surname signifying "wagon maker", from Old English wægn "wagon". Use of it as a given name can be partly attributed to...
Originally a short form of names beginning with Old Frankish waddi or Old High German wetti meaning "pledge" (Proto-Germanic *wadją), or alternatively...
Derived from the Old English elements weald "powerful, mighty" and mære "famous" (a cognate of Waldemar).
From the name of the day of the week, which was derived from Old English wodnesdæg meaning "Woden's day". On the Addams Family television series...
From Chinese 伟 (wěi) meaning "great, robust, extraordinary", 威 (wēi) meaning "power, pomp" or 巍 (wēi) meaning "high, lofty, towering". As a feminine...
Old English form of Wayland.
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "hill near a spring" in Old English.
Used in honour of the Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), who commanded the forces that defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo....
Derived from an English surname that originally indicated a person who lived near a well or spring, from Middle English wille.
Byname derived from Old English wamb meaning "belly".
Derived from Chinese 文 (wén) signifying "literature, culture, writing", as well as other characters with a similar pronunciation. A famous bearer was...
English form of Václav, via the Latinized form Venceslaus.
Norwegian variant of Wenke. A famous bearer is the Norwegian singer Wenche Myhre (1947-), known as Wencke in some countries so as to avoid...
An old short form of Germanic names beginning with the element wentil signifying "a Vandal". The Vandals were a Germanic tribe who invaded Spain and...
Old diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element wentil (see Wendel). Saint Wendelin was a 6th-century hermit of Trier in Germany.
Derived from a German and Dutch surname that originates from the given name Wendel. In America this name has been given in honour of the poet Oliver...
In the case of the character from J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan (1904), it was created from the nickname fwendy "friend", given to the author by a...
Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with Old Frankish wani or Old High German wan meaning "hope, expectation".
Low German diminutive of Germanic names containing the element wini meaning "friend".
Variant of Winona. This spelling of the name was used by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for the mother of Hiawatha in his 1855 epic...
From Chinese 文 (wén) meaning "literature, culture, writing" and 婷 (tíng) meaning "pretty, graceful". Other combinations of characters can form this...
German form of Václav, via the Latinized form Venceslaus.
Derived from an Old German name composed of the element warin, related to war signifying "aware, cautious", combined with heri signifying "army"....
A variant of Werner. A notable bearer was the German-American rocket engineer Wernher von Braun (1912-1977).