WACŁAW   m   Polish
Polish form of WENCESLAS

WACŁAWA   f   Polish
Feminine form of WACŁAW

WADE   m   English
From a surname which was derived either from the Old English place name wade meaning "a ford", or else from the Old English given name Wada, a derivative of the word wadan "to go".

WAFAI   m   Arabic
Means "loyalty" in Arabic.

WAFI   m   Arabic
Means "trustworthy, reliable" in Arabic.

WAFIYA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of WAFI

WAHEED   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of WAHID

WAHEEDA   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of WAHIDA

WAHID   m   Arabic
Means "peerless, unique" in Arabic.

WAHIDA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of WAHID

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

WALAHFRID   m   Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements walah "stranger" and frid "peace".

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

WALDEK   m   Polish
Polish diminutive of WALDEMAR

WALDEMAR   m   German, Scandinavian, Polish
Germanic cognate of the Slavic name VLADIMIR, composed of the Germanic elements wald "rule" and meri "famous".

WALDHAR   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of WALTER

WALDO   m   English, German, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names containing the element wald meaning "rule"... [more]

WALDUŚ   m   Polish
Polish diminutive of WALDEMAR

WALENTY   m   Polish
Polish form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

WALENTYNA   f   Polish
Polish form of VALENTINA

WALERIA   f   Polish
Polish form of VALERIA

WALERIAN   m   Polish
Polish form of Valerianus (see VALERIAN).

WALERY   m   Polish
Polish form of VALERIUS

WALHERICH   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of VALÉRY

WALID   m   Arabic
Means "newborn", derived from Arabic ولد (walada) "to give birth"... [more]

WALKER   m   English
From an English surname which referred to the medieval occupational of a walker, also known as a fuller... [more]

WALLACE   m   English, Scottish
From a Scottish surname which originally meant "Welsh" or "foreigner" in Norman French... [more]

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

WALLY   m   English
Diminutive of WALTER or WALLACE

WALT   m   English
Short form of WALTER

WALTER   m   English, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Ancient Germanic
From a Germanic name meaning "ruler of the army", composed of the elements wald "rule" and hari "army"... [more]

WALTHER   m   German, Ancient Germanic
German form of WALTER... [more]

WALTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally taken from an Old English place name meaning "stream town".

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

WANDAL   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of WENDEL

WANDALIN   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of WENDELIN

WANGI   f   Indonesian
Means "fragrant" in Javanese.

WAPASHA   m   Native American
Means "red leaf" in the Dakota language... [more]

WAQAR   m   Arabic
Means "majesty, dignity" in Arabic.

WARD   m   English
From an occupational surname for a watchman, derived from Old English weard "guard".

WARDELL   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "watch hill" in Old English.

WARNER   m   English
From a Norman surname which was derived from the given name WERNER.

WARREN   m   English
From an English surname which was derived either from Norman French warrene meaning "animal enclosure", or else from the town of La Varenne in Normandy... [more]

WARRICK   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of WARWICK.

WARWICK   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "dam farm" (from Old English wer "weir, dam" and wic "dairy farm").

WASHINGTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from the name of a town in England (which meant "town belonging to Wassa's people")... [more]

WASHTI   f   Biblical Hebrew
Ancient Hebrew form of VASHTI

WASI   m   Arabic
Means "broad-minded, liberal, learned" in Arabic.

WASIM   m   Arabic
Means "handsome" in Arabic.

WASSIM   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of WASIM

WASSWA   m   Eastern African
Means "first of twins" in Luganda.

WASYL   m   Ukrainian
Variant transcription of VASYL

WASYLYNA   f   Ukrainian
Variant transcription of VASYLYNA

WAT   m   English
Medieval short form of WALTER

WATE   m   Frisian
Possibly a Frisian short form of WALTER

WATSE   m   Frisian
Diminutive of WATE

WAWRZYNIEC   m   Polish
Polish form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

WAYLAND   m   English
From Weland, the Old English cognate of WIELAND.

WAYLON   m   English
Variant of WAYLAND... [more]

WAYNA   m   Native American
Means "young" in Quechua.

WAYNE   m   English
From an occupational surname meaning "wagon maker", derived from Old English wægn "wagon"... [more]

WAYRA   m   Native American
Means "wind" in Quechua.

WEBSTER   m   English
From an occupational surname meaning "weaver", derived from Old English webba.

WEI   m   Chinese
From Chinese 威 "power, strength", 巍 "towering, lofty" or 伟 "great, mighty".

WEKESA   m   Eastern African
Means "born during harvest" in Luhya.

WELDON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "hill near a spring" in Old English.

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

WENCESLAS   m   History
Means "more glory" from the Slavic elements ventie "more" and slav "glory"... [more]

WENDA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of WENDY

WENDEL   m   German, Dutch
Old short form of Germanic names beginning with the element wandal meaning "a Vandal"... [more]

WENDELIN   m   German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Old diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element wandal (see WENDEL)... [more]

WENDELL   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name WENDEL.

WENDI   f   English
Variant of WENDY

WENDY   f   English
In the case of the character from J... [more]

WENONA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of WENONAH

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

WENZEL   m   German
Medieval German form of WENCESLAS

WENZESLAUS   m   German
German form of WENCESLAS

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

WERNER   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian
From a Germanic name derived from war "guard" combined with hari "army".

WERONIKA   f   Polish
Polish form of VERONICA

WERTHER   m   German
Derived from the Germanic elements wert "worthy" and hari "army"... [more]

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

WESTLEY   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of WESLEY.

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

WHETU   f   Maori
Means "star" in Maori.

WHITAKER   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "white field" in Old English.

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

WIBAWA   m   Indonesian
Means "charisma" in Indonesian.

WIBEKE   f   German
Feminine form of WIEBE

WIBO   m   Dutch, Frisian
Diminutive of WIEBE

WICKANINNISH   m   Native American
Possibly means "having no one in front of him in the canoe" in the Nuu-chah-nulth (or Nootka) language... [more]

WIDAD   f   Arabic
Means "love" in Arabic.

WIDE   m   Frisian
Frisian form of WIDO

WIDO   m   Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element widu "wood" or wid "wide"... [more]

WIEBE   m   Dutch, Frisian, German
Medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element wig meaning "war".

WIEBKE   f   German
German feminine form of WIEBE

WIELAND   m   German, Germanic Mythology
Derived from Germanic wig "war" and land "land"... [more]

WIELISŁAW   m   Polish
From an old Slavic name which meant "great glory".

WIESŁAW   m   Polish
Short form of WIELISŁAW

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)

WIKTOR   m   Polish
Polish form of VICTOR

WIKTORIA   f   Polish
Polish form of VICTORIA (1)

WIL   m   English
Short form of WILLIAM and other names beginning with Wil.

WILBERT   m   Dutch
Means "bright will", derived from the Germanic elements wil "will, desire" and beraht "bright".

WILBUR   m   English
From a surname, which was originally derived from either the feminine given name WILBURH or the nickname Wildbor (meaning "wild boar" in Middle English)... [more]

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

WILBURN   m   English
From a surname which was probably originally derived from an unknown place name... [more]

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

WILEY   m   English
From a surname which was derived either from a place name meaning "temple clearing" in Old English or from a nickname meaning "wily, tricky" in Middle English.

WILF   m   English
Short form of WILFRED

WILFORD   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "willow ford" in Old English.

WILFRED   m   English
Means "desiring peace" from Old English wil "will, desire" and frið "peace"... [more]

WILFREDA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of WILFRED

WILFREDO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of WILFRED

WILFRID   m   English
Variant of WILFRED

WILFRIED   m   German
German cognate of WILFRED

WILFRIÐ   m   Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of WILFRED

WILHEARD   m   Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wil "will, desire" and heard "brave, hardy".

WILHELM   m   German, Polish, Ancient Germanic
German cognate of WILLIAM... [more]

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

WILHELMINE   f   German
German feminine form of WILHELM

WILKIE   m   English
From an English surname which was originally derived from a diminutive of the given name WILLIAM.

WILL   m   English
Short form of WILLIAM

WILLA   f   English
Feminine form of WILLIAM

WILLABERT   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of WILBERT

WILLAHELM   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of WILLIAM

WILLARD   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English personal name WILHEARD.

WILLEM   m   Dutch
Dutch form of WILLIAM

WILLEMIJN   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of WILLIAM

WILLEMINA   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of WILLIAM

WILLI   m   German
Diminutive of WILHELM

WILLIAM   m   English
From the Germanic name Willahelm, which was composed of the elements wil "will, desire" and helm "helmet, protection"... [more]

WILLIE   m & f   English
Masculine or feminine diminutive of WILLIAM

WILLIFRID   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of WILFRED

WILLIS   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Will, the diminutive of WILLIAM.

WILLOUGHBY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "willow town" in Old English.

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]

WILMER   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a Germanic given name, itself composed of the elements wil "will, desire" and meri "famous".

WILMOT   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a diminutive of the name WILLIAM.

WILSON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "son of WILLIAM"... [more]

WILTON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town on the River Wylye" in Old English... [more]

WIM   m   Dutch, German
Dutch and German short form of WILLEM or WILHELM

WINCENTY   m   Polish
Polish form of VINCENT

WINDSOR   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was from a place name meaning "riverbank with a windlass" in Old English... [more]

WINE   m   Anglo-Saxon
Derived from Old English wine "friend".

WINFRED   m   English
Means "friend of peace" from the Old English elements wine "friend" and frið "peace"... [more]

WINFRIED   m   German
German form of WINFRED

WINFRIÐ   m   Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of WINFRED

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

WINOC   m   Breton, French
Variant of GWENNEG

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

WINSLOW   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from an Old English place name meaning "hill belonging to WINE"... [more]

WINSTON   m   English
From a surname derived from an English place name, which was in turn derived from the Old English given name Wynnstan meaning "joy stone"... [more]

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

WINTHROP   m   English
From a surname which was originally taken from a place name meaning "WINE's village" in Old English.

WINTON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "enclosure belonging to WINE" in Old English.

WIOLA   f   Polish
Short form of WIOLETA

WIOLETA   f   Polish
Polish form of VIOLET

WIOLETTA   f   Polish
Polish form of VIOLET

WIRA   m   Indonesian
Means "hero" in Indonesian.

WIREMU   m   Maori
Maori form of WILLIAM

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

WISŁAW   m   Polish
Short form of WIELISŁAW

WISŁAWA   f   Polish
Feminine form of WIELISŁAW

WIT   m   Polish
Polish form of VITUS or WIDO

WITOŁD   m   Polish
Older Polish form of WITOLD

WITOLD   m   Polish, German
Polish form of VYTAUTAS... [more]

WŁADYSŁAW   m   Polish
Polish cognate of VLADISLAV... [more]

WŁADYSŁAWA   f   Polish
Feminine form of WŁADYSŁAW

WŁODEK   m   Polish
Diminutive of WŁADYSŁAW and other Polish names beginning with the element wlod "rule".

WŁODZIMIERZ   m   Polish
Polish cognate of VLADIMIR

WŁODZISŁAW   m   Polish
Polish cognate of VLADISLAV

WOB   m   Dutch, Frisian
Diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element wald meaning "rule".

WODAN   m   Germanic Mythology
Ancient German cognate of Óðinn (see ODIN).

WODEN   m   Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Anglo-Saxon cognate of Óðinn (see ODIN).

WOJCIECH   m   Polish
Derived from the Slavic elements voi "soldier" and tech "solace, comfort, joy".

WOJCIECHA   f   Polish
Feminine form of WOJCIECH

WOJTEK   m   Polish
Diminutive of WOJCIECH

WOLF   m   German, Hebrew, English (Rare)
Short form of WOLFGANG or WOLFRAM... [more]

WOLFE   m   English (Rare)
Variant of WOLF

WOLFGANG   m   German, Ancient Germanic, History
Derived from the Germanic elements wulf meaning "wolf" and gang "path"... [more]

WOLFRAM   m   German
Derived from the Germanic element wulf meaning "wolf" combined with hramn "raven".

WOLODYMYR   m   Ukrainian
Variant transcription of VOLODYMYR

WOODROW   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "row of houses by a wood" in Old English... [more]

WOODY   m   English
Either a diminutive of WOODROW, or else from a nickname derived from the English word wood... [more]

WOOK   m   Korean
Means "dawn, rising sun" from Sino-Korean 旭.

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

WOTAN   m   Germanic Mythology
Variant of WODAN

WOUTER   m   Dutch
Dutch form of WALTER

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

WRIGHT   m   English
From an occupational surname meaning "craftsman", ultimately from Old English wyrhta... [more]

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

WUBBE   m   Dutch, Frisian
Variant of WOB

WULAN   f   Indonesian
Javanese form of BULAN

WULFRIC   m   Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of ULRIC

WYATT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the medieval given name Wyot, itself derived from an Old English name composed of the elements wig "war" and heard "brave, hardy"... [more]

WYBERT   m   Medieval English
Medieval form of the Old English name Wigberht, composed of the elements wig "battle" and beorht "bright".

WYMOND   m   Medieval English
Medieval form of the Old English name Wigmund, composed of the elements wig "battle" and mund "protector".

WYN   m   Welsh
Derived from Welsh gwyn meaning "blessed, white, fair".

WYNFOR   m   Welsh
Variant of GWYNFOR

WYNN   m   Welsh
Variant of WYN

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

WYNNE (2)   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was derived from the given name WINE.

WYNONA   f   English
Variant of WINONA

WYNONNA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of WINONA

WYNTER   f   English (Rare)
Variant of WINTER

WYSTAN   m   English (Rare)
From the Old English name Wigstan, composed of the elements wig "battle" and stan "stone"... [more]