Names that Begin with W

• Wenonah

  Variant of Winona.

• Wentworth

  Wentworth is an English locational name for people who come from Wentworth in Cambridge, Yorkshire and Sheffield.

• Wenzel

  Medieval German form of Václav, via the Latinized form Venceslaus.

• Wenzeslaus

  German form of Václav, via the Latinized form Venceslaus.

• Wera

  Polish form of Vera or a short form of Weronika.

• Werdheri

  Old Germanic form of Werther.

• Werner

  From a Germanic name derived from warin "guard" combined with hari "army".

• Weronika

  Polish form of Veronica.

• Werther

  Derived from the Germanic elements wert "worthy" and hari "army".

• Wes

  Short form of Wesley.

• Wesley

  From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "west meadow" in Old English.

• Wessel

  Diminutive of Werner.

• Wesson

  Wesson is an English locational name for a person who comes from Weston.

• West

  West is a Medieval English name, derived from the word "west", which means "west", and described a person who lived west of the main settlement.

• Westley

  From a surname which was a variant of Wesley.

• Weston

  From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "west town" in Old English.

• Wetzel

  Diminutive of Werner.

• Whalen

  Whalen is an English name, derived from "Whelan", the Anglicised version of the Celtic name "O"Faolan", which means "descendant of Faolan".

• Wharton

  Wharton is an English name of Old English origin, from the Old English river name "Woefer", derived from the words "woefre", which means "wandering or winding", and "tun", which means "settlement or town".

• Wheaton

  Wheaton is an English name of Anglo-Saxon origin, a locational name for people who come from Wheaton-Aston in Staffordshire.

• Whelan

  Whelan is a variant of Whalen.

• Whetu

  Means "star" in Maori.

• Whistler

  Whistler is an English vocabulary name, derived from the English word "whistler", which means "one who whistles".

• Whitaker

  From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "white field" in Old English.

• Whitby

  Whitby is an English name, derived from the Old English words "hwit", which means "white", and "burh", which means "a manor house or a fortified building".

• Whitcombe

  Whitcombe is an Anglo-Saxon locational name for people who come from Witecombe or Widecombe.

• White

  White is an ancient English surname, derived from the Anglo-Saxon word "hwit", which means "unblemished".

• Whitey

  Whitey is a variant of White.

• Whitfield

  Whitfield is an Old English and Anglo-Saxon locational name for people who come from Whitfield in Kent, Northumberland, Northamptonshire and Derbyshire.

• Whitley

  Whitley originates in Old English language and means "from a white clearing".