List of Baby Names for Boys Starting with W

Wheaton

Wheaton Name Meaning. English: habitational name of uncertain origin, possibly from places in Lancashire and East and West Yorkshire named Weeton, from Old English wiðig 'willow' + tun 'settlement'.

Meaning: Settlement of wheat Origin: English

Wheeler

Wheeler Name Meaning. English: occupational name for a maker of wheels (for vehicles or for use in spinning or various other manufacturing processes), from an agent derivative of Middle English whele 'wheel'.

Wheelock

Wheelock or Wheelocke is an English surname and given name. It is derived from the Proto-Celtic ancestor of the Welsh language word "chevel-og", meaning "winding river".

Whelan

The family name Whelan /ˈhwiːlən/ is an anglicisation of the Irish surname, Ó Faoláin. ... "Ó" (anglicised as "O'") derives from the Old Irish "úa", meaning "grandson", or more figuratively "patrilineal descendent".

Whetu

Meaning of name Whetu. Etymology : Means "star" in Maori.

Meaning: A star Origin: Australian

Whidbey

Meanings and history of the name Whidbey: | Edit. Whidbey is an English surname. The family lived in Yorkshire, at Whitby. Famous real-life people named Whidbey: | Edit. Joseph Whidbey (1755-1833), Royal Navy officer and Master of the HMS Discovery.

Whistler

Whistler Name Meaning. English: from an agent derivative of Middle English whistle (Old English hwistle, of imitative origin), hence an occupational name for a player on a pipe or flute, or possibly a nickname for an habitual whistler.

Whit

Whit may refer to: Whit or Whitsun, another name for the holy day of Pentecost.

Meaning: A short form of whitman Origin: Anglo-Saxon

Whitby

English: habitational name from the port in North Yorkshire named Whitby, from Old Norse hvítr 'white' or the personal name Hvíti + býr 'farmstead', 'settlement', or from a place of the same name in Cheshire, originally named with Old English hwit 'white' (i.e. stone-built) + burh 'manor house', 'fortified place'.

Meaning: Farm with White Walls Origin: Scandinavian

Whitcomb

Whitcomb Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of various places called Whitcombe or Witcombe.

Meaning: Liight in the valley Origin: English