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Updated March 20, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : Southerner

Boy name variations

Wadell

Wadell

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wade

Wade

- 7% this year
Neutral
Uncommon
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How Popular Is The Name Waddell

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : variant of Weddle.
  • English : topographic name for someone who lived at the hill where woad grew, from Old English wād ‘woad’ + hyll ‘hill’, or a habitational name from a place so named, as for example Woodhill, Wiltshire.

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