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    An alphabetical list of neutral [[names]] starting with W, continued from the names page, which see for more information. Previous page: [[neutral names starting with V]]. Next page: [[neutral names starting with X]].
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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]].


    '''Other alphabetical lists of neutral names:''' [[neutral names starting with A]] - [[neutral names starting with B|B]] - [[neutral names starting with C|C]] - [[neutral names starting with D|D]] - [[neutral names starting with E|E]] - [[neutral names starting with F|F]] - [[neutral names starting with G|G]] - [[neutral names starting with H|H]] - [[neutral names starting with I|I]] - [[neutral names starting with J|J]] - [[neutral names starting with K|K]] - [[neutral names starting with L|L]] - [[neutral names starting with M|M]] - [[neutral names starting with N|N]] - [[neutral names starting with O|O]] - [[neutral names starting with P|P]] - [[neutral names starting with Q|Q]] - [[neutral names starting with R|R]] - [[neutral names starting with S|S]] - [[neutral names starting with T|T]] - [[neutral names starting with U|U]] - [[neutral names starting with V|V]] - [[neutral names starting with W|W]] - [[neutral names starting with X|X]] - [[neutral names starting with Y|Y]] - [[neutral names starting with Z|Z]]
    == 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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