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Willehadus m Anglo-Saxon (Latinized), Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Old German or Old English name Willehad.

Willelm m Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of William, derived from the Old English elements willa "will, desire" and helm "helmet, protection".

Willibrord m Anglo-Saxon, History (Ecclesiastical), Dutch, German (Rare)
Derived from the Old English elements willa meaning "will, desire" and brord meaning "prick, point" as well as "spearhead" and "blade, lance, javelin".... [more]

Willibrordus m Anglo-Saxon (Latinized), Dutch, Indonesian (Rare)
Latinized form of Willibrord. A known bearer of this name was the Indonesian dramatist and poet Willibrordus S. Rendra (1935-2009).

Wilræd m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements willa "will, desire" and ræd "advice, counsel, wisdom".

Winaman m Anglo-Saxon
Variant of Wineman, the Old English cognate of Winiman. This was the name of an 11th-century English saint who went to Sweden as a missionary, where he was martyred by local pagans.

Winebeald m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wine "friend" and beald "bold, brave", ultimately from Germanic Winibald.

Winemær m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wine "friend" and mære "famous".

Wineman m Anglo-Saxon
Variant of Winemann

Winemann m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wine "friend" and mann "man".

Wintra m & f English (Archaic), Anglo-Saxon, African American, English
Old English byname meaning "winter", originally given to a person with a frosty or gloomy temperament.... [more]

Wiro m Anglo-Saxon, History (Ecclesiastical), Dutch (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. According to one Dutch source, the name might possibly be related to the Old English verb werian meaning "to defend, to protect". Also compare Old English wer meaning "man, husband" as well as "hero, warrior".... [more]

Wudlac m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wudu "wood" and lac "play, sport; gift, offering" (from laikaz).

Wudumann m Anglo-Saxon
Means "woodman" from the Old English elements wudu "tree, wood, forest" and mann "man".

Wuffa m Anglo-Saxon
Diminutive form of the Old English name element wulf "wolf". This was the name of an early king of East Anglia, as recorded in the Anglo-Saxon genealogies.

Wulfcytel m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from Old Norse Ulfkætill, using the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and ċytel "kettle, cauldron".

Wulfeva f Anglo-Saxon
Variant of Wulfgifu.

Wulffled f Anglo-Saxon
Variant of Wulfflæd.

Wulfgar m Anglo-Saxon
Old English cognate to Germanic Wulfger and Old Norse Úlfgeirr. Derived the elements wulf "wolf" and gar "spear" meaning "wolf spear".

Wulfgeat m Anglo-Saxon
Old English name derived from the elements wulf "wolf" and Geat, referring to a member of a North Germanic tribe (from present-day Götaland in southern Sweden; note, the legendary hero Beowulf was a Geat).

Wulfgyth f Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and guð "battle".

Wulfhade m Anglo-Saxon, History (Ecclesiastical)
Derived from Old English wulf "wolf", with the second element possibly being hād "nature, character" (from haiduz) or heaþu "war, battle" (from haþuz)... [more]

Wulfheard m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and heard "brave, hardy". Cognate to German Wolfhard.

Wulfhelm m Anglo-Saxon
Old English cognate of Wolfhelm derived from the elements wulf "wolf" and helm "helmet" meaning "wolf helmet".

Wulfhere m Anglo-Saxon
Old English name meaning "wolf army," from the elements wulf "wolf" and here "army."

Wulfhilda f Medieval German (Latinized), Anglo-Saxon
Latinised form of Wulfhild or Wulfhilde.

Wulflaf m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and lāf "legacy, remainder" (from laibō).

Wulfmær m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and mære "famous".

Wulfræd m Anglo-Saxon
Variant of Wulfred,composed of the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and ræd "advice, counsel".

Wulfred m Anglo-Saxon
Variant of Wulfræd, composed of the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and ræd "advice, counsel".

Wulfswith f Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and swiþ "strong".

Wulfthryth f Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wulf meaning "wolf" and þryþ "strength". This was the name of a 9th-century queen of Wessex, the wife of King Æthelred... [more]

Wulfwaru f Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and waru "guard, protection; care, watch" (compare weard and wær).

Wulfweard m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and weard "guard, guardian".

Wulfwig m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and wig "war, battle".

Wulfwine m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and wine "friend".

Wulveva f Anglo-Saxon
Variant of Wulfgifu.

Wulviva f Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Latinized form of Wulfgifu.

Wynngifu f Anglo-Saxon
Means "gift of joy" in Old English, from the mostly-poetic word wynn "joy, delight, bliss" combined with gifu, an alternative form of giefu "gift, present".... [more]

Wynnhelm m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wynn "joy" and helm "helmet, protection".

Wynnhere m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wynn "joy" and here "army".

Wynniva f Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Old English name Wynngifu.

Wynnsige m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wynn "joy" and sige "victory".

Wynnthryth f Anglo-Saxon
Derived from Old English elements wynn "joy" and þryþ "strength".

Wynnwulf m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from wynn "joy, delight" and wulf "wolf". The Wulfwynn is the same but in the reverse order.

Ymar m Anglo-Saxon
Possibly an Old English name in which the second element is mære "famous". Saint Ymar was a 9th-century Benedictine monk at Reculver Abbey in Kent, England, who was killed by marauding Danes... [more]

Ywi m Anglo-Saxon, History (Ecclesiastical)
Perhaps from the Old English elements íw "yew tree" (see īwaz) and wig "war". Ywi (or Iwig) was an Anglo-Saxon saint venerated in the English county of Wiltshire in the Middle Ages, where his relics were enshrined (at the county town, Wilton, near Salisbury)... [more]

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