Boy name origins & meanings Old English : Wet field Boy name variations Wakefield Wakeley Wakeman Family name origins & meanings Northern English and Scottish : from the Old Norse byname Vakr meaning ‘wakeful’, ‘vigilant’ (from vaka ‘to remain awake’), or perhaps from a cognate Old English Waca (attested in place names such as Wakeford, Wakeham, and Wakeley).
