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Surnames Starting with W: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 2 of 3)

283 family names beginning with W. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.

  • Weld
    England

    Someone who came from Weald (woodland)

  • Weldon
    England

    Hill with a spring

  • Weller
    England

    Salt boiler

  • Wellington
    England

    Someone from Wellington

  • Wellman
    England

    Someone living near a well

  • Wells
    England

    Dweller by the springs

  • Wemyss
    Scotland

    Caves

  • Wendel
    Germany

    From the name Wendelin

  • Wendt
    Germany

    A Wend (Slav)

  • Wenk
    Germany

    A familiar name, a bend, clothing, or a nickname

  • Wentworth
    England

    Winter enclosure

  • Wenzel
    Germany

    From Wenceslas (Václav)

  • Werner
    Germany

    Protecting army

  • Werth
    Germany

    River island

  • Wesley
    England

    West clearing

  • Wesolowski
    Poland

    From Wesołowo, the merry place

  • West
    England

    From the west

  • Westbrook
    England

    West brook

  • Westman
    England

    The man who came from the west

  • Weston
    England

    West farmstead

  • Westphal
    Germany

    Westphalian

  • Wetmore
    England

    Someone who came from Wetmoor (lake by a river bend)

  • Wetzel
    Germany

    Little Werner / whetter

  • Wexler
    Germany

    Someone who was a banker or money changer

  • Whaley
    England

    Road clearing

  • Wham
    England

    A dweller at a corner or at a morass

  • Wharton
    England

    Place name

  • Wheat
    England

    Wheat

  • Wheatley
    England

    Wheat clearing

  • Wheaton
    England

    An uncertain place-name origin

  • Wheeler
    England

    Maker of wheels

  • Wheelock
    England

    Someone who came from Wheelock (winding), in Cheshire

  • Whelan
    Ireland

    Descendant of Faolán ("little wolf")

  • Whidden
    England

    Someone who came from Wheddon (wheat hill or valley)

  • Whipple
    England

    West Country place

  • Whitaker
    England

    White field

  • White
    England

    Fair-haired or pale-complexioned

  • Whitehead
    England

    White-haired

  • Whitehouse
    England

    Someone living in a white house

  • Whiteside
    England

    White hillside

  • Whitfield
    England

    White field

  • Whitford
    England

    Someone who came from Whitford (white ford), in Devonshire

  • Whitham
    England

    A dweller at the white homestead

  • Whiting
    England

    Son of the fair one

  • Whitley
    England

    White clearing

  • Whitlock
    England

    White lock of hair

  • Whitmore
    England

    White moor

  • Whitney
    England

    White island

  • Whittington
    England

    Farm of Hwita's people

  • Whittle
    England

    Someone from Whittle, a white hill

  • Whitton
    England

    Someone who came from Whitton (Hwita's homestead or the white homestead)

  • Whitworth
    England

    White enclosure

  • Whyte
    Scotland

    White, fair

  • Wicher
    England

    A dweller by the wych-elm tree

  • Wickham
    England

    Someone from one of several places called Wickham

  • Wicks
    England

    From a farm or dairy, or a pet form of William

  • Widdowson
    England

    Son of the widow

  • Wieczorek
    Poland

    Little evening

  • Wiedemann
    Germany

    Church farmer

  • Wiegand
    Germany

    Warrior

  • Wieland
    Germany

    From the name Wieland

  • Wierzbicki
    Poland

    Willow place

  • Wiese
    Germany

    A meadow

  • Wiggins
    England

    Son of Wiggin (worthy)

  • Wilberforce
    England

    Wilburh's ford

  • Wilburn
    England

    Spring stream

  • Wilcox
    England

    Son of little Will

  • Wilczak
    Poland

    A nickname from the wolf

  • Wilczek
    Poland

    Little wolf

  • Wilczyński
    Poland

    "wolf"

  • Wild
    Germany

    Wild, untamed

  • Wilde
    England

    "wild, untamed"

  • Wiles
    England

    A nickname connected with cunning

  • Wiley
    England

    Willow, or from the River Wylye

  • Wilhelm
    Germany

    From the personal name Wilhelm (William)

  • Wilk
    Poland

    Wolf

  • Wilkins
    Wales

    Son of Wilkin, little William

  • Will
    England

    A descendant of Will, a pet form of William (resolution, helmet)

  • Willard
    England

    Resolute will

  • Wille
    Germany

    A descendant of Willo, from names beginning with Wille, resolution

  • Willer
    England

    A descendant of Wilhere (desire, army)

  • Willett
    England

    Little William

  • William
    England

    From the personal name William

  • Williams
    Wales & England

    Son of William

  • Williamson
    Scotland

    Son of William

  • Willingham
    England

    Homestead of Willa's people

  • Willis
    England

    Son of Will (William)

  • Willoughby
    England

    Willow farm

  • Wilson
    England & Scotland

    Son of Will (William)

  • Wilt
    Germany

    A descendant of Willihard (resolution, brave)

  • Wiltz
    Germany

    A descendant of Willihard (resolution, brave)

  • Wimmer
    Austria

    Farmer of parish land

  • Winchel
    England

    A descendant of Wincel (child)

  • Winchell
    England

    A descendant of Wincel (child)

  • Winchester
    England

    Place name

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Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.