Male "W" Names

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151. WINDSOR: English surname transferred to forename use, from a place name in Berkshire originally called Windels-ora, meaning "landing place with a windlass." [note: windlass. naut. a device used for winding ropes.] 
152. WINE: Anglo-Saxon name meaning "friend." 
153. WINFRED: Variant spelling of Middle English Winfrid, meaning "friend of peace." 
154. WINFRIÐ: Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements wine "friend" and frið "peace," hence "friend of peace."
155. WINFRID: Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Winfrið, meaning "friend of peace."
156. WINFRIED: German equivalent of Anglo-Saxon Winfrið, meaning "friend of peace."
157. WINSLOW: English habitational surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English name Wine and the word hlaw "barrow, mound, hill," hence "Wine's hill."
158. WINSTON: English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Wynnstan, meaning "joy-stone." 
159. WINTHROP: English habitational surname transferred to forename use, from the name of various places called Winthorpe, composed of the Old English personal name Wine and Old Norse þorp "settlement, village," hence "Wine's village." 
160. WIREMU: Maori form of English William, meaning "will-helmet." 
161. WISDOM: English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word, meaning simply "wisdom." Wisdom is composed of Wis- from the word wise, from proto-Germanic *wisaz "to know" from PIE wittos "to see," and -dom, from Latin domus, from PIE domo "house."
162. WISŁAW: Contracted form of Polish Wielisław, meaning "great glory." 
163. WIT: Polish form of Roman Latin Vitus, meaning "life."
164. WITOŁD: Polish name either derived from Germanic Witold, "ruler of the woods" or Lithuanian Vytautas, "pursuer of the people."
165. WITOLD: Germanic name composed of the elements witu "wood" and wald "ruler," hence "ruler of the woods."
166. WLADIMIR (Володимир): Ukrainian form of Slavic Vladimir, meaning "rules with glory."
167. WŁADYSŁAW: Polish form of Czech Vladislav, meaning "rules with glory."
168. WŁODEK: Pet form of Polish names containing the element włod, meaning "to rule, to wield power."
169. WŁODZIMIERZ: Polish form of Slavic Vladimir, meaning "peaceful ruler."
170. WŁODZISŁAW: Variant spelling of Polish Władysław, meaning "rules with glory." 
171. WMFFRE: Welsh form of English Humphrey, meaning "giant peace."
172. WMFRE: Variant spelling of Welsh Wmffre, meaning "giant peace."
173. WODEN: Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Old Norse Óðinn, derived from proto-Germanic *Wod-enaz-, meaning "eager, frenzied, raging." 
174. WOHEHIV: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "dull knife."
175. WOJCIECH: Polish name composed of the Slavic elements voi "soldier" and tech "consolation," hence "consolation-soldier."
176. WOJTEK: Pet form of Polish Wojciech, meaning "consolation-soldier."
177. WOKAIHWOKOMAS: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "white antelope."
178. WOLF: 
     1. English name derived from the vocabulary word, meaning simply "wolf." 
     2. German and Jewish name, meaning "wolf." 
179. WOLFE: Variant spelling of English Wolf, meaning "wolf."
180. WOLFGANG: German name, composed of the elements wulf "wolf" and gang "a going (i.e. path)," hence "wolf path."
181. WOLFRAM: German name composed of the elements wulf "wolf" and hramn "raven," hence "wolf-raven."
182. WOLODYMYR (Володимир): Variant spelling of Ukrainian Volodymyr, meaning "peaceful ruler."
183. WOLOF: Anglo-Saxon form of Old Norse Óláfr, meaning "heir of the ancestors."
184. WOLTER: Dutch form of German Walther, meaning "ruler of the army."
185. WOODROW: English habitational surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements wudu "wood" and raw "line, row," hence "lives in a row of houses by the wood." 
186. WOODY: Pet form of English Woodrow ("lives in a row of houses by the wood"), and other names containing Old English wudu, meaning "wood."
187. WOTAN: Old German equivalent of Old Norse Óðinn, derived from proto-Germanic *Wod-enaz-, meaning "eager, frenzied, raging." 
188. WOUTER: Dutch form of German Walther, meaning "ruler of the army."
189. WRIGHT: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English wryhta/wyrhta, meaning "craftsman."
190. WULFRIC: Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and ric "power," hence "wolf power."
191. WUZHOU (梧州): Chinese name meaning "five continents." 
192. WUYI: Native American Miwok name meaning "soaring turkey vulture."
193. WYATT: English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the medieval personal name Wyot, meaning "hardy warrior." 
194. WYBERT: Anglo-Saxon name, composed of the Old English elements wig "battle, fight, war" and beorht "bright," hence "bright battle."
195. WYLIE: Irish and Scottish equivalent of English Willy, meaning "will-helmet."
196. WYMOND: Variant spelling of Middle English Wymund, meaning "fight-protection." 
197. WYMUND: Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Wigmund, meaning "fight-protection."
198. WYN: Welsh name derived from an old byname meaning "blessed, fair, holy, white."
199. WYNFOR: Variant spelling of Welsh Gwynfor, meaning "very fair" or "very holy."
200. WYNN: 
     1. Variant spelling of English Wynne, meaning "friend."
     2. Variant spelling of Welsh Wyn, meaning "blessed, fair, holy, white."
201. WYNNE: Compare with feminine Wynne.
     1. English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Old English personal name Wine, meaning "friend."
     2. Variant spelling of Welsh Wyn, meaning "blessed, fair, holy, white."
202. WYNNSTAN: Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements wynn "joy" and stan "stone," hence "joy-stone."
203. WYOT: Medieval English name derived from Anglo-Saxon Wigheard, meaning "hardy warrior."
204. WYRTGEORN: Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Old Welsh Guorthigern, meaning "high lord" or "overlord."
205. WYSTAN: Modern English form of Anglo-Saxon Wigstan, meaning "battle-stone." 

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