Names that Begin with W

• Walenty

  Polish form of Valentinus (see Valentine).

• Walentyna

  Polish form of Valentina.

• Waleria

  Polish form of Valeria.

• Walerian

  Polish form of Valerianus (see Valerian).

• Walery

  Polish form of Valerius.

• Walganus

  Latin form of Gawain.

• Walherich

  Old Germanic form of Valéry.

• Walid

  Means "newborn", derived from Arabic (walada) "to give birth".

• Walker

  From an English surname which referred to the medieval occupational of a walker, also known as a fuller.

• Wallace

  From a Scottish and English surname which originally meant "Welsh" or "foreigner" in Norman French.

• Waller

  Waller is an English name with Germanic roots and means "foreigner".

• Wallis

  From a surname which was a variant of Wallace.

• Wally

  Diminutive of Walter or Wallace.

• Walmond

  Walmond is a Germanic name and it means "protector in battle".

• Walsh

  Walsh is ultimately derived from Wallace.

• Walt

  Short form of Walter.

• Walter

  From a Germanic name meaning "ruler of the army", composed of the elements wald "rule" and hari "army".

• Walther

  German form of Walter.

• Walton

  From a surname which was originally taken from various Old English place names meaning "stream town", "wood town", or "wall town".

• Waltraud

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

• Wanda

  Possibly from a Germanic name meaning "a Wend", referring to the Slavic people who inhabited eastern Germany.

• Wandal

  Old Germanic form of Wendel.

• Wandalin

  Old Germanic form of Wendelin.

• Wang

  Wang is a Chinese name and means "royal".

• Wangi

  Means "fragrant" in Javanese.

• Wapasha

  Means "red leaf" in the Dakota language.

• Waqar

  Means "majesty, dignity" in Arabic.

• Ward

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

• Wardell

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

• Warden

  Warden is a variant of Ward.