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Name Watt
Gender Masculine
Usage Anglo-Saxon, Medieval English
Other Forms FormsWhat, Wattus, Uuatus
Edit Status Status1. basic formatting

Meaning & History

Meaning uncertain. Possibly related to Old English hwatu "omen, divination", itself derived from Old Germanic *hwatō "incitement, motivation", or to wadan "to go, advance, travel". Watt or Wattus was a king in present-day Sussex in southern England, who ruled possibly around 692 to 700 CE.

Unrelated, this was also a variant of Wat, used as a medieval short form of Walter.
Added 7/23/2015 by quintus