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Boy's Names
| Name |
Origin |
Meaning |
| Wade |
English |
ford, river crossing |
| Wadley |
English |
ford meadow |
| Wadsworth |
English |
village near the ford |
| Wagner |
German |
wagoner, wagon maker |
| Wain |
English |
short form of Wainwright |
| Wainwright |
English |
wagon maker |
| Waite |
English |
watchman |
| Wakefield |
English |
wet field |
| Wakely |
English |
wet meadow |
| Wakeman |
English |
watchman |
| Walcott |
English |
cottage by the wall |
| Walden |
English |
wooded valley |
| Waldo |
German |
familiar form of Oswald or Walden |
| Walerian |
Polish |
strong, brave |
| Wales |
English |
from Wales, England |
| Walford |
English |
Welshman's ford |
| Walfred |
German |
peaceful ruler |
| Walker |
English |
cloth walker, cloth cleaner |
| Wallace |
English |
from Wales |
| Waller |
German, English |
powerful, wall maker |
| Walsh |
English |
alternate form of Wallace |
| Walter |
German, English |
army ruler, general, woodsman |
| Walther |
German |
alternate form of Walter |
| Walton |
English |
walled town |
| Warburton |
English |
fortified town |
| Ward |
English |
watchman, guardian |
| Wardell |
English |
watchman's hill |
| Wardley |
English |
watchman's meadow |
| Ware |
English |
wary, cautious |
| Warner |
German, French |
armed defender, park keeper |
| Warren |
German |
general, warden, rabbit hutch |
| Warwick |
English |
buildings near the weir, fishtrap |
| Washburn |
English |
overflowing river |
| Washington |
English |
town near water |
| Watkins |
English |
son of Walter |
| Watson |
English |
son of Walter |
| Waverly |
English |
quaking aspen tree meadow |
| Waylon |
English |
land by the road |
| Wayman |
English |
road man, traveler |
| Wayne |
English |
wagon maker, short form of Wainwright |
| Webb |
English |
weaver |
| Weber |
German |
weaver |
| Webster |
English |
weaver |
| Welborne |
English |
spring fed stream |
| Welby |
German |
farm near the well |
| Weldon |
English |
hill near the well |
| Welford |
English |
ford near the well |
| Wells |
English |
springs |
| Welsh |
English |
alternate form of Wallace or Walsh |
| Welton |
English |
town near the well |
| Wendell |
German, English |
wanderer, good dale, good valley |
| Wentworth |
English |
pale man's settlement |
| Wesley |
English |
western meadow |
| West |
English |
west |
| Westbrook |
English |
western brook |
| Westcott |
English |
western cottage |
| Westley |
English |
alternate form of Wesley |
| Weston |
English |
western town |
| Wetherby |
English |
wether sheep farm |
| Wetherly |
English |
wether sheep meadow |
| Whalley |
English |
woods near a hill |
| Wharton |
English |
town on the bank of a lake |
| Wheaton |
English |
wheat town |
| Wheeler |
English |
wheel maker, wagon driver |
| Whistler |
English |
whistler, piper |
| Whitby |
English |
white house |
| Whitcomb |
English |
white valley |
| Whitfield |
English |
white field |
| Whitford |
English |
white ford |
| Whitley |
English |
white meadow |
| Whitman |
English |
white haired man |
| Whitmore |
English |
white moor |
| Whitney |
English |
white island, white water |
| Whittaker |
English |
white field |
| Wickham |
English |
village enclosure |
| Wilbert |
German |
brilliant, resolute |
| Wilbur |
English |
wall fortification, bright willows |
| Wilder |
English |
wilderness, wild |
| Wildon |
English |
wooded hill |
| Wiley |
English |
willow meadow, Will's meadow |
| Wilford |
English |
willow tree ford |
| Wilfred |
German |
determined peacemaker |
| Wilfredo |
Spanish |
form of Wilfred |
| Wilhelm |
German |
determined guardian |
| Wilkins |
English |
William's kin |
| Willard |
German |
determined and brave |
| William |
English |
determined guardian |
| Willis |
German |
son of Willie |
| Willoughby |
English |
willow farm |
| Wills |
English |
son of Will |
| Wilmer |
German |
determined and famous |
| Wilmot |
Teutonic |
resolute spirit |
| Wilson |
English |
son of Will |
| Wilton |
English |
farm by the spring |
| Winchell |
English |
bend in the road, ben in the land |
| Windsor |
English |
riverbank with a winch |
| Winfield |
English |
friendly field |
| Wingate |
English |
winding gate |
| Winslow |
English |
friend's hill |
| Winston |
English |
friendly town, victory town |
| Winthrop |
English |
victory at the crossroads |
| Winton |
English |
alternate form of Winston |
| Winward |
English |
friend's guardian, friend's forest |
| Witter |
English |
wise warrior |
| Witton |
English |
wise man's estate |
| Wolcott |
English |
cottage in the woods |
| Wolfe |
English |
wolf |
| Wolfgang |
German |
wolf quarrel |
| Woodfield |
English |
forest meadow |
| Woodrow |
English |
passage in the woods |
| Woodruff |
English |
forest ranger |
| Woodward |
English |
forest warden |
| Woolsey |
English |
victorious wolf |
| Worth |
English |
short form of Woodsworth |
| Wren |
Welsh |
chief, ruler |
| Wright |
English |
short form of Wainwright |
| Wyatt |
French |
little warrior |
| Wyck |
Scandinavian |
village |
| Wycliff |
English |
white cliff, village near the cliff |
| Wylie |
English |
charming |
| Wyndham |
Scottish |
village near the winding road |
| Wythe |
English |
willow tree |
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