42%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Anglo-Saxon [1] Meaning & History Old English name composed of the elements wig "battle" and heard "hard, firm, brave, hardy". Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesWighard(Germanic) Wyot(Medieval English) Categories brave, courage, war Sources & References Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.