Surnames Starting with W: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 1 of 3)

From Wachów

A watchman or guard

A nickname for an alert or energetic person

From Wedale

Farm of Wada's people

Dweller by a ford

Someone who came from Wadley (Wada's meadow), in Berkshire

Wæddi's enclosure

A dweller near the quaking bog or marsh

Wagon maker

Foreigner

Someone who drove a wagon or cart, a carter

"maker of wagons"

Watchman

Open land for a wake or festival

Son of Walek / Valentine

Valley of the Britons

Forest man

A descendant of Waldo

House in the forest

Someone who came from Wales (the Welsh)

Cloth fuller (walker of cloth)

A son of Walek, a pet form of Walenty

Dweller by a wall, or 'of the valley'

Welshman, Briton of Strathclyde

Wall builder

Forest dweller or pilgrim

Clearing in Lancashire

Pool by the wall

The Welshman

Ruler of the army

Son of Walter

Ruler of the army

From Walton, "farmstead of the Britons"

A short form of Walther

Werburgh's farm

Watchman, guardian

Guardian

Weir, dam

Someone from Warfield in Berkshire

Guard of the army, or keeper of a warren

From La Varenne; game preserve

Dwellings by the weir

Someone who washed

From the Washburn stream

Someone who washed

From Washington ("settlement of Wassa's people")

"little moustache"

From Wasilew (Basil's place)

A dweller in the house by the lake or stream

Boatman

Son of Walter, or one who lived by the water

Son of Watkin (little Walter)

Son of Wat (Walter)

Son of Wat (Walter)

An older word for an outsider

Someone who came from Vauville, in France

"son of Wawrzyniec"

Road

A wagon-related occupation

Wether farm

An uncertain place-name origin

Wether, ram-keeper

Weaver of cloth, or dweller by the Weaver river

Weaver

Weaver

Weaver

Weaver

Wether stream

Someone who came from Weddington (wet homestead), in Warwickshire

A descendant of Wedel (to move)

A descendant of Wedel (to move)

From Wedgwood

Of the dairy farm

Wagon maker

A Hungarian, someone from Hungary

Huntsman

"hunter"

From the name Wigand

Someone from Weil in Württemberg

Someone from Weimar, or a descendant of Wigmar

A vineyard or wine hill

Wine seller

A descendant of Winihart, or a wagon maker

Someone who came from Weingarten (vineyard)

Someone who sold or dispensed wine

Wine stone

Someone who grew, or handled

One who lived by a weir

Someone who came from Weisserberg (white mountain)

Wise; orphan

A wise or learned person, or someone from a place called Weis

White

A descendant of Wizo, from names beginning with Wid or Wig

Welshman