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).
Walbert Name Meaning German: from the medieval personal name Waldobert.
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.
English: habitational name from any of several places called Walcott, Walcot, or Walcote, for example in Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, and Wiltshire, all named in Old English with w(e)alh 'foreigner', 'Briton', 'Welsh', genitive plural wala (see Wallace) + cot 'cottage', 'shelter', i.e. 'the ...
English: habitational name from any of several places called Walcott, Walcot, or Walcote, for example in Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, and Wiltshire, all named in Old English with w(e)alh 'foreigner', 'Briton', 'Welsh', genitive plural wala (see Wallace) + cot 'cottage', 'shelter', i.e. 'the ...
Waldon. Buy JPG Image » Waldon is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from a family once having lived in or near any of the places named Walden in Essex, Hertfordshire, and Northern Yorkshire. Waldon is a local surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames.
