Meaning and Origin of: Way

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : From the path land

Boy name variations

Wayland
Waylon

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (chiefly southern) : topographic name for someone who lived near a road or path, Old English weg (cognate with Old Norse vegr, Old High German weg), or a habitational name from some minor place named with this word, as for example any of the places called Way or Waye, in Devon.