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VELÁZQUEZ: Spanish surname meaning "crow."
VERE: English surname, derived from a Norman baronial name meaning "alder."
VERNON: English surname, derived from a Norman French baronial name meaning "place of alder trees."
WADE: English topographical surname, meaning "lives near the river crossing."
WALKER: English occupational surname, derived from Middle English walkere from Old English wealcere ("to walk, tread"), hence "cloth fuller."
WALKYR: Scandinavian habitational surname meaning "from the wall by the marsh."
WALLACE: English surname, derived from an ethnic byname, from Old French waleis, meaning "foreigner, stranger," especially Celtic or Roman.
WALTON: English habitational surname, composed of the Old English elements wæll "spring" and tun "enclosure, settlement," hence "spring settlement."
WARD: English occupational surname, derived from Old English weard, meaning "guard, watchman."
WARE: English surname derived from the name of a market town in Hertfordshire, England, perhaps from Old English waer "to defend, to protect." Related to Weir.
WARNER: English surname, derived from the German personal name Werner, meaning "Warin warrior," i.e. "covered warrior."
WARREN: English surname of Norman French origin, derived from a place called La Varenne, meaning "game-park."
WARWICK: English habitational surname, composed of the Old English elements wær "dam" and wic "place, settlement," hence "settlement by the dam."
WASHINGTON: English surname, derived from the village of Washington in Co. Durham, named from Old English Wassingtun, meaning "Wassa's settlement."
WAYNE: English occupational surname, meaning "cartwright; wagon-maker."
WEAVER:
1. English habitational surname, derived from the name of a place in Cheshire named after the river Weaver which got its name form Old English wefer, meaning "winding."
2. English occupational surname, derived from Middle English weven, meaning "to weave," hence "weaver."
WEBSTER: English occupational surname, derived from early Middle English webber, meaning "weaver."
WEIMAN: Dutch surname meaning "hunter, huntsman." Also spelled Wyman.
WEIR: English surname derived from the name of a market town in Hertfordshire, England, perhaps from Old English wear "a fence of stakes." Related to Ware.
WELDEN: English habitational surname, composed of the Old English elements weal "woody" and den "valley," hence "woody valley."
WELDON: English habitational surname, composed of the Old English elements wella "spring, stream" and dun "hill," hence "spring hill."
WELLER: Old English surname derived from the word wellere, meaning "gulf, hollow."
WELLS: Old English surname given to a person residing "at the wells."
WEMPEL: English surname having several possible derivations: 1) from Wampull, the name of a river in England, 2) from Wem, a town in England and Scotland, meaning "a cave, a hollow place," 3) from Wempool, meaning "the pool in the hollow or low place," or 4) from Wimpole, a place in London, meaning "a flag-staff."
WENDELL: Dutch surname derived from the word wandelaar ("a walker"), hence "traveler."
WENTWORTH: English surname meaning "farm on the river Worth."
WERDEN: German surname derived from Woerden, the name of a town in the Netherlands, composed of the elements wehr "fortification" and den "hill," hence "fort on the hill."
WESLEY: English habitational surname, derived from a contracted form of Westley, meaning "western meadow."
WESTALL: English surname meaning "west hall."
WESTERVELDT: Dutch surname composed of the elements wester "west" and veldt "field," hence "the west field."
WESTLEY: English habitational surname, derived from the name of various places called Westley, composed of the Old English elements west "west" and leah "meadow, pasture," hence "western meadow."
WESTMORELAND: English surname derived from the name of a county in England meaning "west moor land."
WESTON: English habitational surname, composed of the Old English elements west "west" and tun "enclosure, settlement," hence "western settlement."
WETHERBY: English surname, perhaps meaning "wide village."
WETHERSPOON: Variant spelling of the English surname Witherspoon, meaning "grazing place in the spur of a hill."
WHALLEY: English surname meaning "has greenish white eyes; wall-eyed."
WHEADEN: Old English surname derived from a byname for a "silly fellow."
WHEDEN: Variant spelling of the Old English surname Wheaden, meaning "silly fellow."
WHEALDEN: Cornish surname composed of the elements wheal "mine and dun/din "hill," hence "mine hill."
WHEATON: English surname derived from the name of place on the river Nen in England, meaning "white hill."
WHEELER: English occupational surname meaning "maker of wheels; wheeler."
WHIELDON: Variant spelling of the Cornish surname Whealden, meaning "mine hill."
WHITAKER: English habitational surname, derived from various place names composed of the Old English elements hwit "white" and æcer "cultivated land," hence "white acres."
WHITBY: English surname derived from the name of a town in Yorkshire, meaning either "white town" or "white bay."
WHITE: English surname meaning "white." In some cases, it may derive from the Isle of Wight on the coast of Hampshire, so called from Welsh gwydd, meaning "wood," from its primitive forest.
WHITING: Old English surname meaning "white offspring."
WHITLOCK: Old English name meaning "white locks."
WHITFIELD: English surname meaning "white field."
WHITFORD: English surname meaning "white ford."
WHITMAN: Old English surname having several possible derivations: 1) from Dutch wight "weighty, ponderous," hence "stout man," 2) from Old English wight "lively, quick," hence "quick man," or 3) simply "white man."
WHITNEY: English habitational surname, derived from the name of various places derived from the Middle English phrase atten whiten ey ("by the white island"), hence "white island."
WHITTAKER: English surname composed of the elements wite "penalty" and acre "place of burial for criminals." William Arthur states "A culprit who could not discharge the penalty or wite became a "witetheow," and was buried in the wite-acre." Etym. Dict. of Family and Christian Names, 1857.
WICKER: English surname derived from the word wick "place, settlement." Or, if of Danish origin, it may derive from uakker, meaning "brave, valiant."
WICKHAM: Old English surname composed of the elements wic "place, settlement" and comb "valley," hence "valley settlement."
WICKLIFF: Old English surname composed of the elements hwic "white" or wic "place, settlement," and klif "cliff," hence "settlement on the cliff" or "white cliff."
WIGAN: Old English surname derived from the name of a town on the river Douglass, Lancashire, England, perhaps from Germanic wig, "battle, fight."
WIGGIN: Variant spelling of the Old English surname Wigan, derived from the name of a town on the river Douglass, Lancashire, England, perhaps from Germanic wig, "battle, fight.
WILBER: English surname, composed of the Middle English elements wild "wild" and bor "boar," hence "wild boar."
WILBERFORCE: Old English surname meaning "wild boar foss (dike or ditch)."
WILBOR: Variant spelling of the English surname Wilber, meaning "wild boar."
WILBRAHAM: Old English surname derived from Wilburgham (wild-burgh-ham), the name of a town in Kent, England.
WILBURN: English habitational surname, probably from the name of a lost place composed of the Old English elements wella "well, spring" and burn "boiling, bubbling, running water," hence "bubbling stream" or perhaps "boiling spring."
WILCOX: English surname composed of the name Will and the diminutive suffix -cock, hence "little Will." The word willcock was also used as a byname for some "obstinate."
WILDA: German surname meaning "wild."
WILDER: Old English surname derived from the word wealh, meaning "traveler," or "of the forest/wilderness."
WILFORD: English habitational surname, composed of the name Will and the word ford "ford," hence "Will's river crossing."
WILKINS: English surname meaning "son of Will."
WILKINSON: English surname meaning "son of Wilkins."
WILLARD: English surname, derived from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Wilheard, meaning "strong-willed."
WILLET: English surname meaning "little Will."
WILLIAM: English surname derived from the personal name William, from Norman French Willelm, meaning "will-helmet." William Arthur derives the surname from Belgic Guild-helm, meaning "harnessed with a gilded helmet."
WILLIAMS: Contracted form of the English surname Williamson, meaning "son of William."
WILLIAMSON: English surname meaning "son of William."
WILLIS: English surname meaning "Willy's," i.e. "son of Willy."
WILLOUGHBY: English surname, composed of Old English wilig "willow" and Old Norse býr "settlement," hence "willow settlement."
WILMER: English surname, derived from the German personal name Wilmar, meaning "desires fame."
WILMOT: English surname which may be a corruption of the French surname Guillemot, from the personal name Guillaume (English William), meaning "will-helmet."
WILSON: English patronymic surname meaning "son of Will."
WILTON: English surname, derived from the name of various places composed of the Old English elements wilig "willow" and tun "enclosure, settlement," hence "willow settlement." Or, it may be so called from the river Willey, hence "town on the river Willey."
WILTSHIRE: English surname derived from the county name, composed of the elements gwyllt (Welsh) "desert, forest, wilderness" and shire "a division, a county."
WIMPLE: Dutch surname meaning "pendant, streamer."
WINCHCOMBE: Old English surname composed of the elements wincel "corner" and comb "valley," hence "cornered valley," i.e. a valley encompassed on each side with hills.
WINCHEL: Dutch surname derived from the word winschaal, meaning "wine-bowl" or "wine-shop."
WINCHESTER: English surname derived from the city name Caerwynt, composed of the Briton elements caer "city, town, fort" and gwint "wind," hence "windy city."
WINDHAM: English surname said to be a corruption of Old English Wimund-han, meaning "the home or village of Wimund."
WINDSOR: English surname, derived 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.]
WINEGAR: Anglicized form of the Dutch surname Wyngaard, meaning "a vine."
WINESHOP: Old English surname composed of the elements win "wine" and sceapian "to furnish, to make," hence "wine maker."
WINGFIELD: English surname derived from the name of the manor of Wingfield, in Suffolk, England.
WINNE: Contracted form of the Welsh surname Gwynne, meaning "white."
WINSHIP: Probably the same as the Old English surname Wineshop, meaning "wine maker."
WINSLOW: English habitational surname, composed of the Old English name Wine and the word hlaw "barrow, mound, hill," hence "Wine's hill."
WINSTON: English surname, derived from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Wynnstan, meaning "joy-stone."
WINTERTON: English surname derived from the name of the town in the county of Norfolk, England, meaning "winter town."
WINTHROP: English habitational surname, derived 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."
WISEMAN: English surname meaning "wise man."
WISHART: Later spelling of the Old English surname Guishart, meaning "wise heart."
WISWALL: English surname derived from Weisweil, the name of a city in Baden, on the Rhine, Germany.
WITHERINGTON: Contracted form of the Old English surname Wooderington, meaning "withered hill."
WITHERSPOON: Variant spelling of the Old English surname Wodderspoon, meaning "grazing place in the spur of a hill."
WITTER: Dutch occupational surname meaning "bleacher, whitener."
WODDERSPOON: Old English habitational surname meaning "grazing place in the spur of a hill."
WOLSEY: Old English surname composed of the elements wold "lawn, wood" and ley "meadow," hence "woody meadows." Also spelled Woolsey.
WOOD: Ancient Scottish surname meaning simply "wood."
WOODERINGTON: Old English surname composed of the elements wyderian "to wither" and dun "hill," hence "withered hill."
WOODROW: English habitational surname, composed of the Old English elements wudu "wood" and raw "line, row," hence "lives in a row of houses by the wood."
WOODRUFF: Old English surname derived from the occupational term wood-reeve, meaning "governor or keeper of a wood."
WOODWARD: Old English surname meaning "wood ward," one who walked with a forest-bill, and took cognizance of all offenses committed.
WOOL: English surname meaning "has short, thick hair."
WOOLLEY: English surname composed of the elements wold "lawn, wood" and ley "meadow," hence "woody meadow."
WOOLSEY: Variant spelling of the Old English surname Wolsey, meaning "woody meadows."
WOOSTER: From a corrupted form of the Old English surname Worcester, meaning "fort of strife" or "war camp."
WORCESTER: Old English surname derived from Warcester, the city of strife, composed of the elements woer "war, strife" and cester "camp, city" hence "fort of strife" or "war camp."
WORTH: Old English habitational surname meaning "place of value."
WRIGHT: English occupational surname, derived from Old English wryhta/wyrhta, meaning "craftsman."
WYATT: English surname, derived from the medieval personal name Wyot, meaning "hardy warrior."
WYLIE: English surname having two possible derivations, 1) from the vocabulary word wily, meaning "artful, sly," or 2) from the Irish and Scottish personal name Wylie, a form of Willy, meaning "will-helmet."
WYMAN: Variant form of the Dutch surname Weiman, meaning "hunter, huntsman."
WYNGAARD: Dutch surname meaning "a vine."
WYNNE: English surname, derived from the Old English personal name Wine, meaning "friend."
XAVIER: Basque surname, derived from the place name Etcheberria, meaning "a new house."
YAGER: Variant form of the Danish/German surname Jager, meaning "huntsman."
YALE: Welsh habitational surname, derived from the word iâl, meaning "arable/fertile upland."
YARE: Old English surname meaning "eager, ready."
YARROW: English surname derived from the plant name, meaning "plant of a thousand leaves; yarrow."
YATES: English surname derived from an old word for "a gate."
YEOMAN: English surname meaning "free-man," a free-born man, a freeholder, one next in order to the gentry.
YETT: Variant form of English Yates, meaning "a gate."
YORK: English surname derived from the city name, itself from eure-ric or eouer-ric, composed of the elements euere "wild boar" and ryc "refuge," hence "retreat from wild boars," which were in the forest of Gautries.
YOUNGLOVE: English surname said to have been originally given on account of his age and tender affection.
YULE: Old English surname derived from the name of the festival, the time of nativity, from Greek Ὕλε, meaning "forest, wood."