Origin and Meaning of Waeringawicum. "Waeringawicum" is a name of English origin, and it means "Fortress".
Waescburne is a baby boy name its meaning is . Mostly popular in christian religion. The poeple have viewed this name 1399 times.
This most interesting and unusual surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is an occupational name for a wagon-builder, a wainwright, from the Olde English pre 7th Century "waegnwyrhta", a maker of carts and wagons, a cartwright.
Wait meaning and variations. The word 'Wait," anciently spelled Wayghte or Wayte, is derived from the old high German wahten (to keep watch); it is common in the sense of guard or watchman to all the Teutonic languages, the German wacht, Dutch vaght, Swedish vakt and English watch.
The name "Wakefield" may derive from "Waca's field" – the open land belonging to someone named "Waca" or could have evolved from the Old English word wacu, meaning "a watch or wake", and feld, an open field in which a wake or festival was held.
Wakeley Name Meaning. English: habitational name from Wakeley in Hertfordshire, named from the Old English byname Waca, meaning 'watchful' (see Wake) + Old English leah 'woodland clearing'.
Wakeman Name Meaning. English: occupational name for a watchman, from Middle English wake 'watch', 'vigil' + man 'man'. This was the title of the mayor of Ripon in West Yorkshire until the 16th century.
Origin of the name Walker: Transferred use of the surname that arose as an occupational name for a cleaner, fuller and thickener of cloth. The name is derived from the Middle English Walkere which is from the Old English wealcere (a walker), the root of which is the Old English wealcan (to roll, turn, and full cloth).
Walbridge Name Meaning. English (Dorset): habitational name, probably from Wool Bridge in East Stoke, Dorset.
The history of the Walbridge name began with the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from Wulfric, a Germanic personal name that became common in England after the Norman Conquest. ... The personal name Wulfric means "wolf-powerful." This name appears in the Domesday Book as Wlfric and Vlfric.
