Updated June 9, 2019

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Middle English : A ford
  • English : Ford meadow

Boy name variations

Wade

Wade

- 7% this year
Neutral
Uncommon
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Wadsworth

Wadsworth

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Waide

Waide

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wayde

Wayde

+ 7% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wadleigh

Wadleigh

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wadly

Wadly

0 % this year
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Rare
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Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from a place in Berkshire named Wadley, from Old English wād ‘woad’ or the personal name Wada + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Wadley in Northumberland, which has the same derivation, appears not to have contributed significantly to the modern surname.