Surnames Starting with W: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 3 of 3)
283 family names beginning with W. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.
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WindhamEngland
Someone from Wymondham or a similar place
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WindsorEngland
Someone from Windsor or Winsor
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WinfieldEngland
"pasture field"
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WingEngland
Place name
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WingateEngland
Someone from Wingate in County Durham
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WingfieldEngland
Someone from Wingfield
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WinklerGermany
Corner dweller; small trader
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WinkowskiPoland
A place name or a personal name containing friend
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WinshipEngland
Someone who played the part of Friendship in the medieval pageants
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WinslowEngland
Wine's burial mound
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WinstonEngland
Wine's farmstead
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WinterGermany
Winter; cold temperament
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WinterbottomEngland
Winter valley
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WintersEngland
Of winter / son of Winter
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WinthropEngland
Wina's farm
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WirthGermany
"innkeeper"
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WirtzGermany
Son of the innkeeper
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WiseEngland
Wise, learned
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WishartScotland
Wise and hardy (Guiscard)
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WisnerGermany
Someone who came from Wissen (white sand), in Germany
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WiśniewskiPoland
From Wiśniewo, "cherry-tree place"
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WitcherEngland
A dweller by the wych-elm tree
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WitekPoland
A pet form of Witold or Wit
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WithamEngland
Someone who came from Witham (Wita's homestead)
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WithersEngland
Willow
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WitherspoonScotland
Sheep pasture
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WitkowskiPoland
From Witkowo
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WittGermany
White, fair-haired
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WittenEngland
Someone who came from Witton (homestead by a village, or wood)
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WittenbergGermany
Someone from Wittenberg, white mountain
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WłodarczykPoland
Son of the steward
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WlodarskiPoland
Steward
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WojciechowskiPoland
From Wojciechów, place of Wojciech
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WójcikPoland
Little village headman; or pet form of Wojciech
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WojtasPoland
A pet form of Wojciech
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WojtasikPoland
"son of Wojtas"
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WojtczakPoland
"son of Wojtek"
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WójtowiczPoland
"son of the village head"
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WolakPoland
Little ox / from Wola
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WolcottEngland
Someone who came from Woolscott (Wulfsige's cottage), in Warwickshire
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WoldEngland
A dweller at, or in, the wold or forest
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WolfGermany
Wolf (given name or nickname)
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WolfeEngland
Wolf, a nickname or personal name
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WolffGermany
Wolf
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WolkGermany
A dweller at the sign of the wolf
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WollEngland
A dweller at, or near, a wall
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WollerEngland
A dweller at, or near, a wall
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WolseyEngland
Wolf victory
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WolskiPoland
"from Wola"
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WolstenholmeEngland
Wulfstan's water meadow
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WoodEngland
Dweller by the wood
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WoodallEngland
Hall in the wood
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WoodbridgeEngland
Someone who came from Woodbridge (wooden bridge), in Suffolk
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WoodcockEngland
A nickname from the woodcock bird
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WoodhouseEngland
A dweller in the house in, or by, a wood
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WoodlandEngland
Someone who came from Woodland (wooded land)
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WoodleyEngland
Someone from Woodleigh or Woodley
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WoodmanEngland
Someone who cut and sold timber
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WoodrowEngland
Someone who came from Woodrow (row of trees)
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WoodruffEngland
Dweller where woodruff grew
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WoodsEngland
Dweller by the woods
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WoodsideEngland
A dweller at the side of the wood
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WoodsonEngland
Son of Wood
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WoodwardEngland
Forest keeper
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WoodworthEngland
Someone living at an enclosure by a wood
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WootenEngland
Settlement by a wood
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WordenEngland
From Worden in Lancashire
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WorkmanEngland
Labourer, craftsman
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WorrellEngland
Someone from Worrall in Yorkshire
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WorrickEngland
Someone who came from Warwick (village by a dam or shore)
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WorsleyEngland
Clearing of Weorc
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WorthingtonEngland
Settlement of Weorth's people
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WoźniakPoland
Cart-driver or court usher
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WrayEngland
Nook, corner
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WrightEngland
Craftsman, woodworker
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WrigleyEngland
From Wrigley Head, near Oldham
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WróbelPoland
Sparrow
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WróblewskiPoland
From Wróblew (sparrow place)
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WronaPoland
"crow"
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WulfGermany
A descendant of Vulf
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WulffGermany
A descendant of Vulf
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WunderlichGermany
An odd, moody or curious man
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WurmGermany
Worm or dragon
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WursterGermany
A sausage maker
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WyandEngland
A descendant of Weigand or Wygan (warrior)
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WyantEngland
A descendant of Weigand or Wygan (warrior)
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WyattEngland
Little Guy
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WydraPoland
A nickname from the otter
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WyerEngland
A dweller at, or near, a dam or fish trap
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WylandEngland
A dweller at the high land or field
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WylieScotland
Little William
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WynnWales
White, fair
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WysockiPoland
From Wysokie (high place)
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Every surname can be researched, even if it isn't listed here.
Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.