Names starting with W
415 Names found
Diminutive of Walter or Wallace.
Short form of Walter. A famous bearer was the American animator and filmmaker Walt Disney (1901-1966).
From the Germanic name Waltheri signifying "power of the army", from the elements walt "power, authority" and heri "army". In medieval German tales...
Spanish and Portuguese variant form of Walter, more common in South America than Europe. It is often written without the diacritic.
Old English name derived from the Old Norse Valþjófr. This was the name of a 12th-century English saint, an abbot of Melrose.
A German variant of Walter. This name was borne by the 13th-century German poet Walther von der Vogelweide.
Derived from a surname that was originally taken from various Old English place names signifying "stream town", "wood town", or "wall town".
From the Old German elements walt "power, authority" and drud "strength". This name was borne by a 7th-century Frankish saint who founded a convent...
Means "zebra" in Kikuyu. This is one of Mumbi's nine daughters in the Kikuyu origin legend.
Possibly from a Germanic name meaning "a Wend", referring to the Slavic people who inhabited eastern Germany. In Polish legends this was the name of...
Variant of Anderson.
From Kikuyu ngarĩ meaning "leopard". In the Kikuyu origin legend this is the name of one of the nine daughters of Mumbi.
Means "mighty" in Tibetan, from དབང (dbang) meaning "power" and ཕྱུག (phyug) meaning "wealthy, possessing". This is the Tibetan name for the god Shiva...
Means "fragrant" in Malay and Indonesian.
From Kikuyu ngũi meaning "song leader". This is one of Mumbi's nine daughters in the Kikuyu origin legend.
Meaning unknown. This is one of Mumbi's nine daughters in the Kikuyu origin legend.
Possibly from Kikuyu njĩra meaning "way, path". In the Kikuyu origin legend this is the name of one of the nine daughters of Mumbi.
Means "morning star, Venus" in Cree.
Means "red leaf" in Dakota, from waȟpé "leaf" and šá "red". This was the name of several Dakota chiefs.
Derived from an occupational surname for a watchman, from Old English weard "guard".
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "watch hill" in Old English.
Old German name derived from the element war meaning "aware, cautious" (Proto-Germanic *waraz, and the related verbs *warjaną "to ward off" and *warnō...
Combination of Mario and Japanese 悪い (warui) meaning "bad, evil". This is the name of Mario's evil counterpart in Nintendo video games, first...
From an English surname that was derived either from Norman French warrene meaning "animal enclosure", or else from the town of La Varenne in...
From a surname derived from the name of a town in England, itself from Old English wer "weir, dam" and wic "settlement".
From a surname originally derived from the name of an English town, itself signifying "settlement belonging to Wassa's people". The given name is...
Biblical Hebrew form of Vashti.
Meaning uncertain. It may be a short form of a longer name such as Wāðsige, composed of the elements wāð "hunt" and sige "victory".