| comment/origin etc. | famous bearer of this name |
| Waclaw | (polish, see Vaclav) |
| Wadah |
| Wade |
| Wadih |
| Wago | | (medieval bishop) |
| Wah | (chinese) |
| Wahb |
| Wahib |
| Wahid |
| Wai-Ho | (chinese) |
| Wai-Kuen | (chinese) |
| Wail |
| Wai-Lirk | (chinese) |
| Wajih |
| Wai-Ming | (chinese) |
| Wäinö | (finnish) |
| Wait |
| Wai-Wah | (chinese) |
| Wai-Yui | (chinese) |
| Walafried |
| Walbert |
| Walbod | | (medieval bishop) |
| Waldebert |
| Waldemar |
| Waldfried |
| Waldmann |
| Waldo |
| Waldomar |
| Walentin |
| Walenty |
| Walerian | (see Valerian) |
| Walery | (see Valerius) |
| Waleryjan | (see Valerian) |
| Walfried |
| Walid |
| Walker |
| Wallace |
| Wally | (also female) |
| Walo | | (Walo of St. Arnulf, medieval monach and writer) |
| Walram |
| Walt | | (Walt Disney, american comic-legend) |
| Walter |
| Walthard |
| Walthari |
| Walther |
| Walton |
| Waltram |
| Wamba |
| Wambararia |
| Wan-Fang | (chinese) |
| Wan-Fu | (chinese) |
| Wang-Fen | (chinese) |
| Wan-Ling | (chinese) |
| Wanja |
| Wanko |
| Wanqping | (chinese) |
| Wanya | (russian, american transcription) |
| Wapasha |
| Ward |
| Wardell |
| Warin | | (medieval bishop) |
| Warlam |
| Warmann | | (medieval bishop) |
| Warmund |
| Warner |
| Warnfried |
| Warren |
| Warwick |
| Wasan |
| Washington | (from surname Washington, George Washington) |
| Wasil |
| Wasim |
| Wasja |
| Wassili |
| Wassilij |
| Wassily |
| Wassim |
| Wassja |
| Wastl |
| Wasyl |
| Watje |
| Wattje |
| Wawrzen |
| Wawrzeniec |
| Wawrzyniec |
| Waylon |
| Wayne |
| Wazo | | (medieval bishop) |
| Wedigo
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| Weert
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| Weffel
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| Wehrhart
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| Wei (chinese)
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| Wei-Fang (chinese)
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| Weigand
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| Wei-Guo (chinese)
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| Wei-Hong (chinese)
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| Wei-Jian (chinese)
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| Wei-Kang (chinese)
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| Weikhard
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| Wei-Liang (chinese)
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| Weinert
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| Weintje
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| Wei-Qian (chinese)
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| Wei-Qiang (chinese)
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| Wei-Xiong (chinese)
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| Wekesa
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| Welf
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| Welfhard
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| Wellem
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| Wen (chinese)
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| Wenceslas
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| Wendekind
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| Wendel
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| Wendelbert
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| Wendelin
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| Wendelinus
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| Wendell
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| Wendelmar
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| Wendolin
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| Wene
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| Wenert
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| Wen-Ho (chinese)
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| Wen-Hua (chinese)
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| Wenhua (chinese)
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| Wen-Huan (chinese)
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| Weniamin (see Benjamin)
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| Wenseth
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| Wenzel
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| Wenzeslaus
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| Wen-Zhong (chinese)
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| Werhart
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| Weriand
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| Werinhar | | (medieval bishop) |
| Werner
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| Wernfried
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| Wernhard
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| Wernher
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| Werno
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| Wert
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| Wesley
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| Wespazjan
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| Wesselin
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| Weston
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| Weylin (chinese)
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| Wezel | (see Wenzel) | (medieval bishop) |
| Wiard
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| Wibald
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| Wibo
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| Wicfrid | | (medieval bishop) |
| Wichard
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| Wicher | | (medieval bishop) |
| Wichert
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| Wichmann | | (medieval bishop) |
| Wictor
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| Wid
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| Widar
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| Widelo | | (medieval bishop) |
| Widerolf | | (medieval bishop) |
| Wido
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| Widukind
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| Wiebrand
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| Wiebt
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| Wiecelaw
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| Wiecency
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| Wieceniec
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| Wieceslaw
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| Wiechert
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| Wieclaw
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| Wiegand
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| Wieland
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| Wielebor
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| Wielhelm
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| Wielimir
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| Wielislaw
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| Wielm
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| Wienand
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| Wigald
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| Wigand | (german, from old-high-german "wigant": fighter/ Notker used this word-form) |
| Wigbald
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| Wigbert
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| Wigbrecht
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| Wigerich | | (medieval bishop) |
| Wigfrid (medieval)
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| Wiggo
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| Wighard
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| Wigmar
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| Wigmund
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| Wignand
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| Wigo
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| Wikendios
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| Wikhart
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| Wikkier | | (medieval bishop) |
| Wiktor
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| Wil
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| Wilam
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| Wilber
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| Wilbert
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| Wilbrand
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| Wilbur
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| Wilcke
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| Wilderich
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| Wildfried
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| Wildor
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| Wilem
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| Wilferd
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| Wilfred
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| Wilfredo
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| Wilfrid
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| Wilfried
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| Wilgelm
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| Wilhalm
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| Wilhard
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| Wilhelm
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| Wiljam
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| Wilke
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| Wilko
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| Will | | (Will Smith, american actor)
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| Willard
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| Willbrecht
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| Willebrord (medieval)
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| Willegis
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| Willehad
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| Willehalm
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| Willehelmus (medieval)
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| Willem
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| Willhart
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| Willi
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| William
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| Willibald
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| Willibalt
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| Willie
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| Willigis
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| Willimar
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| Williram
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| Willms
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| Willo
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| Willy
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| Wilm
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| Wilmar
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| Wilmer
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| Wilmont
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| Wilms
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| Wilmut
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| Wilson
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| Wim
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| Wimar
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| Winald
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| Winand
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| Wincency
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| Wincenty
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| Winfred
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| Winfried
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| Wing (chinese)
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| Wing-Fung (chinese)
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| Wing-Kit (chinese)
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| Wing-Tat (chinese)
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| Wing-Yan (chinese)
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| Winibald
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| Winibert
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| Winimar
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| Winnefred
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| Winno
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| Winnoc
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| Winog
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| Winrich
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| Winston | | (Winston Churchill, british prime-minister)
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| Winther | | (medieval bishop) |
| Winthrop
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| Wipert
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| Wipo | (medieval german) | Wipo, chancelor and biographer of Konrad II and Heinrich III)
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| Wippo
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| Wiprecht
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| Wirtje
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| Wiskart
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| Wislaw
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| Wissam
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| Wissarion
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| Wisund | | (medieval bishop) |
| Witalis
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| Witiko
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| Witja
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| Wito
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| Witold
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| Witoslaw
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| Wittekind
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| Wittus
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| Wiyghan
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| Wjatscheslaw
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| Wladimir
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| Wladislaw
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| Wladlen
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| Wladyslaw
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| Wladzin
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| Wlodek
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| Wlodzimierz
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| Wlodzislaw
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| Wloscibor
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| Wlosciebor
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| Wobias
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| Woffo | | (medieval bishop) |
| Wojciech
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| Wojslaw
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| Wojzeck
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| Woldemar
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| Wole
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| Wolek
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| Wolf | | (Wolf Biermann, german poet and singer)
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| Wolfbert
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| Wolf-Christian
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| Wolf-Dieter
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| Wolf-Dietrich
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| Wolfdietrich
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| Wolf-Eberhard
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| Wolffried
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| Wolfgang
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| Wolfgang-Uwe
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| Wolfger
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| Wolfgerd
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| Wolfgisbert
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| Wolfgünter
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| Wolf-Günther
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| Wolfhard
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| Wolfhardt
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| Wolf-Hartmut
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| Wolf-Heino
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| Wolfheinrich
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| Wolfhelm
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| Wolfhorst
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| Wolfrad
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| Wolf-Rainer
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| Wolfram
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| Wolfried
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| Wolf-Ulrich
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| Wolimir
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| Wolko
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| Wolodja
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| Wolter
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| Woltje
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| Wong (chinese)
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| Woodrow
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| Woody | | (Woody Allen, american actor and director)
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| Wooi-Lim (chinese)
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| Woosol
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| Wouter (dutch)
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| Wrindawanlal
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| Wrocimir
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| Wroid
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| Wsewolod
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| Wu (chinese)
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| Wubbe
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| Wugar
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| Wu-Han (chinese)
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| Wu-Ji (chinese)
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| Wu-Jiang (chinese)
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| Wulf
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| Wulfdietrich
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| Wulfila | | (Wulfila, translator of the bible into the gothic [~350-380 AD])
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| Wulfrin
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| Wunibald
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| Wunnibald
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| Wu-Sheng (chinese)
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| Wybrand
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| Wybren
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| Wyclef
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| Wymond
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| Wynton
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| Wystan
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| Wyszebor (polish)
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| Wyszemir (polish)
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