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    An alphabetical list of [[neutral names starting with W]], continued from the [[names]] page, which see for more information. For people in English-speaking regions, some of the most familiar names of this kind include Willie and Whitney, but there are many more. Previous page: [[neutral names starting with V]]. Next page: [[neutral names starting with X]].


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    == The list ==
    '''Waapalaa'''. Native American, Sac and Fox nation. Meaning "Playing fox."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/waapalaa</ref>
     
    '''Wabanang'''. Native American, Ojibwa. Meaning "Morning star."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wabanang</ref>
     
    '''Wade'''. English. Meaning "To wade in water" or "Wanderer."<ref>https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wade</ref>


    == The list ==
    '''Wafa'''. Arabic. Meaning "Faithful."<ref>https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wafa</ref><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wafa</ref>
    Waapala
     
    '''Wahmenitu'''. Native American, Sioux. Meaning "Spirit in the water."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wahmenitu</ref>
     
    '''Wainani'''. Hawaiian. Meaning "Beautiful water."<ref>https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wainani</ref>
     
    '''Wakapa'''. Native American, Sioux. Meaning "To excel."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wakapa</ref>


    Wabanang
    '''Wakaun'''. Native American, Winnebago. Meaning "Serpent."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wakaun</ref>


    Wafa
    '''Wakechai'''. Native American, Sac and Fox. Meaning "Crouching eagle."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wakechai</ref>


    Wahmenitu
    '''Wakinyela'''. Native American, Sioux. Meaning "Dove."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wakinyela</ref>


    Wakapa
    '''Walker'''. English. Meaning "Walker."<ref>https://www.thenamemeaning.com/walker</ref>


    Wakaun
    '''Wallace'''. English and Scottish. From the English and Scottish surname Wallace, meaning "Welsh" or "Foreigner" in Norman French. Variants include Wallis, Waleis, and Wally.<ref name="BehindTheName">https://www.behindthename.com/names/gender/unisex/4</ref><ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/wallace</ref><ref>http://www.ourbabynamer.com/meaning-of-Waleis.html</ref><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wallace</ref><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wallis</ref>


    Wakechai
    '''Walvia'''. Native American, Taos. Meaning "Medicine root."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/walvia</ref>


    Wakinyela
    '''Wana'ao'''. Hawaiian. Meaning "Dawn." Variants include Wana'aonani.<ref>https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wanaao</ref><ref>https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wanaaonani</ref>


    Wallace
    '''Wanangwa'''. South African, Tumbuka. Meaning "Freedom."<ref name="BehindTheName" />


    Wallis
    '''Waneta'''. Native American (?). Meaning "Shapeshifter."<ref>https://www.thenamemeaning.com/waneta</ref>


    Walvia
    '''Wangchuk'''. Tibetan, Bhutanese. Meaning "Mighty," and the Tibetan name for the god Shiva.<ref name="BehindTheName" />


    Wanyecha
    '''Wanyecha'''. Native American, Sioux. Meaning "Wanyecha."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wanyecha</ref>


    Washakie
    '''Washakie'''. Native American, Shoshoni. Meaning "Sweet smelling."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/washakie</ref>


    Watchemonne
    '''Watchemonne'''. Native American, Paxoje (Iowa). Meaning "Great speaker."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/watchemonne</ref>


    Wattana
    '''Wattana'''. Thai. Meaning "Development."<ref name="BehindTheName" />


    Waverly
    '''Waverly'''. English. From a surname, from a place name, meaning "Quaking aspen," or "From the brushwood field."<ref>https://www.thenamemeaning.com/waverley</ref><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/waverly</ref>


    Wawinges
    '''Wawinges'''. Native American, Ojibwa. Meaning "Skillful."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wawinges</ref>


    Weaver
    '''Wayan'''. Indonesian, Balinese. Meaning "Old, mature," and traditionally a name for a first-born.<ref name="BehindTheName" />


    Wednesday
    '''Weatherly'''. English. From a surname meaning "From the sheep meadow," or "Shepherd." A "wether" is a castrated ram, and a "leigh" is a field or meadow.<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/weatherly</ref>


    Wei
    '''Weaver'''. English. From a surname meaning "One who weaves cloth."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/weaver</ref>


    Wellington
    '''Wehilani'''. Hawaiian. Meaning "Adornment from heaven."<ref>https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wehilani</ref>


    Wen
    '''Wei'''. Chinese. Meaning depends on choice of character, some possibilities for which follow, not including some that are specifically feminine versions. 1. 威 (wēi) Meaning "Power, pomp". 2. 巍 (wēi) Meaning "Lofty, towering." 3. 伟 (wěi) Meaning "Great, robust, extraordinary".<ref name="BehindTheName" />


    Wenopa
    '''Wellington'''. English. From the surname, from the place name, meaning "Weola's town."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wellington</ref>


    Weshcubb
    '''Wen''' (文 wén). Chinese. Meaning "literature, culture, writing, refined."<ref name="BehindTheName" /><ref name="20kNames">http://www.20000-names.com/androgynous_names_unisex_names_05.htm</ref>


    West
    '''Wenopa'''. Native American, Cheyenne. Meaning "Two moons."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wenopa</ref>


    Weslan
    '''Weshcubb'''. Native American, Objibwa. Meaning "Sweet."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/weshcubb</ref>


    Wesley
    '''Weslan'''. American, from the names Westland, Wesleyan, or Wesley.<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/weslan</ref>


    Whitley
    '''Weslee'''. English. From the surname, meaning "West meadow" or "from the west field." Variants include Wesley.<ref>http://www.ourbabynamer.com/meaning-of-Weslee.html</ref><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wesley</ref>


    Whitney
    '''West'''. English. Meaning "From the west."<ref>http://www.ourbabynamer.com/meaning-of-West.html</ref>


    Whoopi
    '''Westry'''. English. From a surname meaning "Family from the west." Variations include Westray, Westrich, Westrey, and Westraigh.<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/westry</ref>


    Wickham
    '''Whitley'''. English. From a surname, meaning "A small field," or "From the white field."<ref>https://www.thenamemeaning.com/whitley</ref><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/whitley</ref>


    Wil
    '''Whitney'''. English. From a surname, from an Old English place name, meaning "White island." Variations include Whitnie.<ref name="BehindTheName" /><ref name="20kNames" /><ref>http://www.ourbabynamer.com/meaning-of-Whitney.html</ref><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/whitney</ref>


    Wiley
    '''Wickham'''. English. From a surname, from a place name, meaning "Settlement."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wickham</ref>


    Willie
    '''Wil'''. English and Dutch. Gender-neutral short form of masculine William, Wilhelm, Wilhemlus, and Willem, and of feminine Wilhelmina, Wilfreda, Willemina, and Wilma, which mean "Will, desire." Other gender-neutral variants of the short form of these names include Billie, Will, Willie, Wilmet, Wilmot, and Willy.<ref name="BehindTheName" /><ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/wil</ref><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/will</ref><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/willy</ref><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wilmet</ref>


    Willow
    '''Wiley'''. English. Meaning "Of the willows," or "From the tricky river." Variants include Wylie.<ref>https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wiley</ref><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wiley</ref><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wylie</ref>


    Willy
    '''Willow'''. English. Meaning "From the willow grove."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/willow</ref>


    Wilmet
    '''Windsor'''. English. From a surname, from an Old English place name meaning "Riverbank with a windlass."<ref name="BehindTheName" />


    Wing
    '''Win'''. English. Short form of Winfred and Winifred. Meaning "Holy reconciliation."<ref name="20kNames" />


    Winka
    '''Winnie'''. Welsh. A pet form of feminine names such as Edwina and Winifred, and of masculine names such as Wynn.<ref>https://www.thenamemeaning.com/winnie</ref>


    Winter
    '''Winter'''. English. Meaning "The season of winter." Variants include Wynter.<ref>https://www.thenamemeaning.com/winter</ref><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/winter</ref>


    Wisconsin
    '''Wisam'''. Arabic. Meaning "Badge of honor."<ref>https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wisam</ref>


    Wisdom
    '''Wisconsin'''. American. French version of Native American place name meaning "Gathering of the waters."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wisconsin</ref>


    Woape
    '''Wisdom'''. English. Meaning "Wisdom."<ref name="BehindTheName" /><ref name="20kNames" /><ref>http://www.ourbabynamer.com/meaning-of-Wisdom.html</ref>


    Wobbe
    '''Woape'''. Native American, Sioux. Meaning "Hope."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/woape</ref>


    Woksapiwi
    '''Wobbe'''. Frisian. Neutral variant of the name Wob, meaning "Rule."<ref name="BehindTheName" />


    Wook
    '''Woksapiwi'''. Native American, Sioux. Meaning "Harvest moon."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/woksapiwi</ref>


    Wowashi
    '''Wowashi'''. Native American, Sioux. Meaning "Worker."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wowashi</ref>


    Wozhupiwi
    '''Wozhupiwi'''. Native American, Sioux. Meaning "Spring moon."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wozhupiwi</ref>


    Wu
    '''Wray'''. Scandinavian. Meaning "From the corner."<ref>http://www.ourbabynamer.com/meaning-of-Wray.html</ref>


    Wyeth
    '''Wrigley'''. American. From the surname.<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wrigley</ref>


    Wylie
    '''Wu''' (务 wù). Chinese. Meaning "Affairs, business."<ref name="BehindTheName" />


    Wynn
    '''Wyeth'''. English. From the surname meaning "From the land by the willow tree."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wyeth</ref>


    Wynne
    '''Wynne'''. English and Welsh. Neutral variant of masculine Wyn, meaning "Blessed, white, fair." Variant Wynn is traditionally masculine, but is also considered neutral.<ref name="BehindTheName" /><ref name="20kNames" /><ref>https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wynn</ref><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wynn</ref><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wynne</ref>


    Wyome
    '''Wyome'''. English, from Native American (?). Meaning "A plain."<ref>https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wyome</ref><ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wyome</ref>


    Wyoming
    '''Wyoming'''. American. From the place name of Native American origin meaning "Mountains and valleys."<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/wyoming</ref>




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    == See also ==
    == See also ==
    * [[Names]]
    * [[Names]]
    * [[Gender neutral language]]


    ==References==
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    Revision as of 20:35, 5 April 2019

    Lists of neutral names

    In alphabetical order:

    An alphabetical list of neutral names starting with W, continued from the names page, which see for more information. For people in English-speaking regions, some of the most familiar names of this kind include Willie and Whitney, but there are many more. Previous page: neutral names starting with V. Next page: neutral names starting with X.

    The list

    Waapalaa. Native American, Sac and Fox nation. Meaning "Playing fox."[1]

    Wabanang. Native American, Ojibwa. Meaning "Morning star."[2]

    Wade. English. Meaning "To wade in water" or "Wanderer."[3]

    Wafa. Arabic. Meaning "Faithful."[4][5]

    Wahmenitu. Native American, Sioux. Meaning "Spirit in the water."[6]

    Wainani. Hawaiian. Meaning "Beautiful water."[7]

    Wakapa. Native American, Sioux. Meaning "To excel."[8]

    Wakaun. Native American, Winnebago. Meaning "Serpent."[9]

    Wakechai. Native American, Sac and Fox. Meaning "Crouching eagle."[10]

    Wakinyela. Native American, Sioux. Meaning "Dove."[11]

    Walker. English. Meaning "Walker."[12]

    Wallace. English and Scottish. From the English and Scottish surname Wallace, meaning "Welsh" or "Foreigner" in Norman French. Variants include Wallis, Waleis, and Wally.[13][14][15][16][17]

    Walvia. Native American, Taos. Meaning "Medicine root."[18]

    Wana'ao. Hawaiian. Meaning "Dawn." Variants include Wana'aonani.[19][20]

    Wanangwa. South African, Tumbuka. Meaning "Freedom."[13]

    Waneta. Native American (?). Meaning "Shapeshifter."[21]

    Wangchuk. Tibetan, Bhutanese. Meaning "Mighty," and the Tibetan name for the god Shiva.[13]

    Wanyecha. Native American, Sioux. Meaning "Wanyecha."[22]

    Washakie. Native American, Shoshoni. Meaning "Sweet smelling."[23]

    Watchemonne. Native American, Paxoje (Iowa). Meaning "Great speaker."[24]

    Wattana. Thai. Meaning "Development."[13]

    Waverly. English. From a surname, from a place name, meaning "Quaking aspen," or "From the brushwood field."[25][26]

    Wawinges. Native American, Ojibwa. Meaning "Skillful."[27]

    Wayan. Indonesian, Balinese. Meaning "Old, mature," and traditionally a name for a first-born.[13]

    Weatherly. English. From a surname meaning "From the sheep meadow," or "Shepherd." A "wether" is a castrated ram, and a "leigh" is a field or meadow.[28]

    Weaver. English. From a surname meaning "One who weaves cloth."[29]

    Wehilani. Hawaiian. Meaning "Adornment from heaven."[30]

    Wei. Chinese. Meaning depends on choice of character, some possibilities for which follow, not including some that are specifically feminine versions. 1. 威 (wēi) Meaning "Power, pomp". 2. 巍 (wēi) Meaning "Lofty, towering." 3. 伟 (wěi) Meaning "Great, robust, extraordinary".[13]

    Wellington. English. From the surname, from the place name, meaning "Weola's town."[31]

    Wen (文 wén). Chinese. Meaning "literature, culture, writing, refined."[13][32]

    Wenopa. Native American, Cheyenne. Meaning "Two moons."[33]

    Weshcubb. Native American, Objibwa. Meaning "Sweet."[34]

    Weslan. American, from the names Westland, Wesleyan, or Wesley.[35]

    Weslee. English. From the surname, meaning "West meadow" or "from the west field." Variants include Wesley.[36][37]

    West. English. Meaning "From the west."[38]

    Westry. English. From a surname meaning "Family from the west." Variations include Westray, Westrich, Westrey, and Westraigh.[39]

    Whitley. English. From a surname, meaning "A small field," or "From the white field."[40][41]

    Whitney. English. From a surname, from an Old English place name, meaning "White island." Variations include Whitnie.[13][32][42][43]

    Wickham. English. From a surname, from a place name, meaning "Settlement."[44]

    Wil. English and Dutch. Gender-neutral short form of masculine William, Wilhelm, Wilhemlus, and Willem, and of feminine Wilhelmina, Wilfreda, Willemina, and Wilma, which mean "Will, desire." Other gender-neutral variants of the short form of these names include Billie, Will, Willie, Wilmet, Wilmot, and Willy.[13][45][46][47][48]

    Wiley. English. Meaning "Of the willows," or "From the tricky river." Variants include Wylie.[49][50][51]

    Willow. English. Meaning "From the willow grove."[52]

    Windsor. English. From a surname, from an Old English place name meaning "Riverbank with a windlass."[13]

    Win. English. Short form of Winfred and Winifred. Meaning "Holy reconciliation."[32]

    Winnie. Welsh. A pet form of feminine names such as Edwina and Winifred, and of masculine names such as Wynn.[53]

    Winter. English. Meaning "The season of winter." Variants include Wynter.[54][55]

    Wisam. Arabic. Meaning "Badge of honor."[56]

    Wisconsin. American. French version of Native American place name meaning "Gathering of the waters."[57]

    Wisdom. English. Meaning "Wisdom."[13][32][58]

    Woape. Native American, Sioux. Meaning "Hope."[59]

    Wobbe. Frisian. Neutral variant of the name Wob, meaning "Rule."[13]

    Woksapiwi. Native American, Sioux. Meaning "Harvest moon."[60]

    Wowashi. Native American, Sioux. Meaning "Worker."[61]

    Wozhupiwi. Native American, Sioux. Meaning "Spring moon."[62]

    Wray. Scandinavian. Meaning "From the corner."[63]

    Wrigley. American. From the surname.[64]

    Wu (务 wù). Chinese. Meaning "Affairs, business."[13]

    Wyeth. English. From the surname meaning "From the land by the willow tree."[65]

    Wynne. English and Welsh. Neutral variant of masculine Wyn, meaning "Blessed, white, fair." Variant Wynn is traditionally masculine, but is also considered neutral.[13][32][66][67][68]

    Wyome. English, from Native American (?). Meaning "A plain."[69][70]

    Wyoming. American. From the place name of Native American origin meaning "Mountains and valleys."[71]


    See also

    References

    1. https://www.babynames.com/name/waapalaa
    2. https://www.babynames.com/name/wabanang
    3. https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wade
    4. https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wafa
    5. https://www.babynames.com/name/wafa
    6. https://www.babynames.com/name/wahmenitu
    7. https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wainani
    8. https://www.babynames.com/name/wakapa
    9. https://www.babynames.com/name/wakaun
    10. https://www.babynames.com/name/wakechai
    11. https://www.babynames.com/name/wakinyela
    12. https://www.thenamemeaning.com/walker
    13. 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 https://www.behindthename.com/names/gender/unisex/4
    14. https://www.behindthename.com/name/wallace
    15. http://www.ourbabynamer.com/meaning-of-Waleis.html
    16. https://www.babynames.com/name/wallace
    17. https://www.babynames.com/name/wallis
    18. https://www.babynames.com/name/walvia
    19. https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wanaao
    20. https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wanaaonani
    21. https://www.thenamemeaning.com/waneta
    22. https://www.babynames.com/name/wanyecha
    23. https://www.babynames.com/name/washakie
    24. https://www.babynames.com/name/watchemonne
    25. https://www.thenamemeaning.com/waverley
    26. https://www.babynames.com/name/waverly
    27. https://www.babynames.com/name/wawinges
    28. https://www.babynames.com/name/weatherly
    29. https://www.babynames.com/name/weaver
    30. https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wehilani
    31. https://www.babynames.com/name/wellington
    32. 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 http://www.20000-names.com/androgynous_names_unisex_names_05.htm
    33. https://www.babynames.com/name/wenopa
    34. https://www.babynames.com/name/weshcubb
    35. https://www.babynames.com/name/weslan
    36. http://www.ourbabynamer.com/meaning-of-Weslee.html
    37. https://www.babynames.com/name/wesley
    38. http://www.ourbabynamer.com/meaning-of-West.html
    39. https://www.babynames.com/name/westry
    40. https://www.thenamemeaning.com/whitley
    41. https://www.babynames.com/name/whitley
    42. http://www.ourbabynamer.com/meaning-of-Whitney.html
    43. https://www.babynames.com/name/whitney
    44. https://www.babynames.com/name/wickham
    45. https://www.behindthename.com/name/wil
    46. https://www.babynames.com/name/will
    47. https://www.babynames.com/name/willy
    48. https://www.babynames.com/name/wilmet
    49. https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wiley
    50. https://www.babynames.com/name/wiley
    51. https://www.babynames.com/name/wylie
    52. https://www.babynames.com/name/willow
    53. https://www.thenamemeaning.com/winnie
    54. https://www.thenamemeaning.com/winter
    55. https://www.babynames.com/name/winter
    56. https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wisam
    57. https://www.babynames.com/name/wisconsin
    58. http://www.ourbabynamer.com/meaning-of-Wisdom.html
    59. https://www.babynames.com/name/woape
    60. https://www.babynames.com/name/woksapiwi
    61. https://www.babynames.com/name/wowashi
    62. https://www.babynames.com/name/wozhupiwi
    63. http://www.ourbabynamer.com/meaning-of-Wray.html
    64. https://www.babynames.com/name/wrigley
    65. https://www.babynames.com/name/wyeth
    66. https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wynn
    67. https://www.babynames.com/name/wynn
    68. https://www.babynames.com/name/wynne
    69. https://www.thenamemeaning.com/wyome
    70. https://www.babynames.com/name/wyome
    71. https://www.babynames.com/name/wyoming