The surname Yates is of English origin. The name was a topographical name for someone who lived by a gate. A family could acquire a place name as a surname under three different circumstances: 1. the gentleman lived or worked in or near some topogra Read more…
The surname Wynter is of English, German,Danish and Norwegian origin. The surname signifies ‘Winter’s son’. It was a nickname or byname for someone of a frosty or gloomy temperment; as cold and cheerless as Winter. This season-name has been used in p Read more…
The surname ‘Wynn’ is of English origin. It is a variant of the name ‘Winn’, derived from the Old English personal name and byname ‘Wine’, meaning ‘Friend’, in part a short form of the various compound names with this first element. Public and Civil Read more…
The surname Wyllis is Scottish and Northern English in origin. The name is derived from the medieval given name Will, a diminutive of William. The given name William is derived from the Norman form of the Old French personal name composed of the Germ Read more…
The name ‘Wyatt’ originates from England. It is derived from the Medieval given name ‘Wiot’, ‘Wyot’, ‘Gyot’, which derives from the Old English personal name ‘Wigheard’, composed of the elements ‘wig’, meaning war and ‘heard’, meaning hardy, brave, s Read more…
The surname can be of English,Scottish or Irish in origin.Wright is one of the occupational names;it derives from the Old English wyrhta or wryhta,which means a “worker ,chiefly in wood,a carpenter or joiner”.The name was often Latinized in medieval Read more…
The surname is English in origin.The name is derived from the Norman form of the Old French personal name composed of the Germanic elements ‘wil’ will,desire and ‘helm’ helment,protection.The name thus signified ‘beloved-helment’ or protector.The nam Read more…