Browse Names

WACŁAWA   f   Polish
Feminine form of WACŁAW

WAFIYA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of WAFI

WAHEEDA   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of WAHIDA

WAHIDA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of WAHID

WAKANA   f   Japanese
From Japanese 和 (wa) "harmony" and 奏 (kana) "play music, complete".

WALBURGA   f   German
Means "rule of the fortress" from the Germanic elements wald "rule" and burg "fortress"... [more]

WALDEBURG   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of WALBURGA

WALDEDRUDIS   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of WALTRAUD

WALENTYNA   f   Polish
Polish form of VALENTINA

WALERIA   f   Polish
Polish form of VALERIA

WALLIS   m & f   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of WALLACE... [more]

WALTRAUD   f   German
Means either "strong rule" or "strong foreigner" from the Germanic element wald "rule" or walha "foreign" combined with thrud "strength".

WANDA   f   Polish, English, German, French
Possibly from a Germanic name meaning "a Wend", referring to the Slavic people who inhabited eastern Germany... [more]

WANGI   f   Indonesian
Means "fragrant" in Javanese.

WASHTI   f   Biblical Hebrew
Ancient Hebrew form of VASHTI

WASYLYNA   f   Ukrainian
Variant transcription of VASYLYNA

WATTANA   f & m   Thai
Means "development" in Thai.

WEI   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese 威 "power, strength", 巍 "towering, lofty" or 伟 "great, mighty"... [more]

WEN   m & f   Chinese
Means "culture, literacy" in Chinese.

WENDA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of WENDY

WENDI   f   English
Variant of WENDY

WENDY   f   English
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 young friend... [more]

WENONA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of WENONAH

WENONAH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of WINONA... [more]

WERA   f   Polish
Polish form of VERA (1) or a short form of WERONIKA

WERONIKA   f   Polish
Polish form of VERONICA

WHETU   f   Maori
Means "star" in Maori.

WHITNEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "white island" in Old English... [more]

WIBKE   f   German
Feminine form of WIEBE

WIDAD   f   Arabic
Means "love" in Arabic.

WIEBKE   f   Frisian, German
Feminine form of WIEBE

WIESŁAWA   f   Polish
Feminine form of WIELISŁAW

WIGBURG   f   Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements wig "war" and burg "fortress".

WIKOLIA   f   Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of VICTORIA (1)

WIKTORIA   f   Polish
Polish form of VICTORIA (1)

WIL   m & f   English, Dutch
Short form of WILLIAM and other names beginning with Wil.

WILBURH   f   Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wil "will, desire" and burh "fortress".

WILDA   f   English
Meaning unknown, perhaps from a German surname, or perhaps from the English word wild... [more]

WILFREDA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of WILFRED

WILHELMINA   f   Dutch, German, Polish, English
Dutch, German and Polish feminine form of WILHELM

WILHELMINE   f   German
German feminine form of WILHELM

WILLA   f   English
Feminine form of WILLIAM

WILLEMIJN   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of WILLIAM

WILLEMINA   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of WILLIAM

WILLIE   m & f   English
Masculine or feminine diminutive of WILLIAM

WILLOW   f   English (Modern)
From the name of the tree, which is ultimately derived from Old English welig.

WILLY   m & f   English, German, Dutch
Diminutive of WILLIAM, WILHELM or WILLEM... [more]

WILMA   f   German, Dutch, English
Short form of WILHELMINA... [more]

WINIFRED   f   Welsh, English
Anglicized form of GWENFREWI, the spelling altered by association with WINFRED... [more]

WINNIE   f   English
Diminutive of WINIFRED... [more]

WINNIFRED   f   Welsh, English
Variant of WINIFRED

WINONA   f   English, Native American, Sioux
Means "firstborn daughter" in the Dakota language... [more]

WINTER   f   English (Modern)
From the English word for the season, derived from Old English winter.

WIOLA   f   Polish
Polish form of VIOLA

WIOLETA   f   Polish
Polish form of VIOLET

WIOLETTA   f   Polish
Polish form of VIOLET

WISDOM   f & m   English (Rare)
Simply from the English word, a derivative of Old English wis "wise".

WISŁAWA   f   Polish
Feminine form of WIELISŁAW

WŁADYSŁAWA   f   Polish
Feminine form of WŁADYSŁAW

WOBBE   m & f   Frisian
Variant and feminine form of WOB

WOJCIECHA   f   Polish
Feminine form of WOJCIECH

WOOK   m & f   Korean
Variant transcription of UK

WORKNESH   f   Eastern African, Amharic
Possibly means "you are like gold" in Amharic.

WREN   f   English (Rare)
From the English word for the small songbird... [more]

WU   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese 武 "military, martial" (which is generally only masculine) or 务 "affairs, business"... [more]

WULAN   f   Indonesian
Javanese form of BULAN

WYNNE (1)   m & f   Welsh
Variant of WYN, sometimes used as a feminine form.

WYNONA   f   English
Variant of WINONA

WYNONNA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of WINONA

WYNTER   f   English (Rare)
Variant of WINTER