Names starting with the letter W

Here you’ll find all the names beginning with the letter W, followed by the meaning of the name starting with a W. If the name is blue, it is a name normally given to a boy. If the name has a pink color, then it is usually given to a girl. A green name can be given to both boys and girls.

	Name	Meaning
	Wayne	Wagon Driver
	Waynette	The wagon maker.
	Wayra	Gust of wind
	Wazeer	Minister
	Wazeera	Minister
	Wazir	Minister
	Wazo	Originally a short form of names beginning with Old Frankish waddi or Old High German wetti meaning "pledge" (Proto-Germanic *wadją), or alternatively war meaning "aware, cautious" (Proto-Germanic *waraz).
	Wealdhere	From Old English weald "powerful, mighty" and here "army", making it a cognate of Walter.
	Wealdmær	Derived from the Old English elements weald "powerful, mighty" and mære "famous" (a cognate of Waldemar).
	Wealhmær	Derived from the Old English elements wealh "foreigner, Celt" and mære "famous".
	Wealote	Princess
	Weather	Weather
	Weatherly	From The Sheep Meadow
	Weaver	One Who Weaves Cloth
	Weayaya	Setting Sun
	Webb	Weaver
	Webber	Weaver
	Weber	Weaver
	Webster	Weaver
	Wedad	Alternate transcription of Arabic وداد (see Widad).
	Wedant	Knower of the Vedas, One who knows all the vedas.
	Wednesday	Born On Wednesday
	Weeko	Pretty Girl
	Wehinahpay	Rising Sun, Sunrise
	Wei	Valuable - Brillliant
	Weibe	Fighter
	Wejah	She who practices Purdah.
	Wekesa	Harvest child
	Weland	Old English form of Wayland.
	Welandaz	Proto-Germanic reconstruction of Wayland.
	Welby	Settlement by the spring
	Welch	Foreign person or stranger
	Welcome	Welcome Guest
	Welda	ruler
	Weldon	From The Hill With A Well
	Well	Spring or stream
	Wellda	ruler
	Weller	Stream
	Wellesley	Welles' woods
	Wellington	From Weola's Town
	Wells	From The Well
	Welmoed	Full Of Courage
	Welsh	Foreign person or stranger
	Welsie	A woman from the west.
	Wemba	Byname derived from Old English wamb meaning "belly".
	Wemberly	, possibly related to Wembly
	Wen	Culture, Writing
	Wenceslao	Spanish form of Václav, via the Latinized form Venceslaus.
	Wenceslas	More glory
	Wenceslaus	Great glory
	Wenche	Norwegian variant of Wenke. A famous bearer is the Norwegian singer Wenche Myhre (1947-), known as Wencke in some countries so as to avoid pronunciation confusion.
	Wenda	Form Of Wanda
	Wendaline	the tribe of the Vandals; wanderer
	Wendall	the tribe of the Vandals; wanderer
	Wendee	fair and smooth; friend
	Wendel	Old short form of Germanic names beginning with the element wentil meaning "a Vandal". The Vandals were a Germanic tribe who invaded Spain and North Africa in the 5th century. Their tribal name, which may mean "wanderer", has often been confused with that of the Wends, a Slavic people living between the Elbe and the Oder.This is another name for Saint Wendelin.
	Wendelin	Old diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element wentil (see Wendel). Saint Wendelin was a 6th-century hermit of Trier in Germany.
	Wendeline	the tribe of the Vandals; friend
	Wendell	wanderer
	Wendelle	wanderer
	Wendey	friend
	Wendi	Form of WENDY. Fair One
	Wendie	Friend
	Wendla	Wanderer
	Wendt	Wends, Vandals
	Wendy	Various Meanings- See Below
	Wendye	friend
	Wene	Carter or cartwright
	Wenham	From a low lying pasture
	Wenhui	Literature/Writing/Bright
	Wenilo	Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with Old Frankish wani or Old High German wan meaning "hope, expectation".
	Wening	Quiet
	Wenke	Low German diminutive of Germanic names containing the element wini meaning "friend".
	Wenna	Cornish form of Gwen, meaning white, fair, blessed.
	Wenona	first-born daughter
	Wenonah	first-born daughter
	Wenopa	Two Moons
	Wentliana	form of GWENLLIAN - fair flood
	Wentworth	Village Of The White People
	Wenzel	More glory
	Wenzeslaus	German form of Václav, via the Latinized form Venceslaus.
	Wera	Victory bearer
	Werdheri	Old German form of Werther.
	Werknesh	Alternate transcription of Amharic ወርቅነሽ (see Worknesh).
	Werner	Army Guard
	Wernher	Warrior, army
	Weronika	From the Old Greek meaning 'bearer of victory', 'Weronika' is a common Polish name, and a variant of the English 'Veronica'.
	Werther	Derived from the Old German elements werd "worthy" and heri "army". Goethe used this name in his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774).
	Wes	Short Form Of Wesley
	Wesam	Alternate transcription of Arabic وسام (see Wisam).
	Weshcubb	Sweet
	Weslan	Land Of The West
	Weslee	western meadow
	Wesley	From The West Field
	Wesleya	western meadow
	Weslia	western meadow
	Weslie	western meadow
	Wessel	Army guard
	Wesson	From a town west of the sea
	West	From The West