Waite
Old English: the guard, or the protector

Wakiza
Native American: he who fights against all odds
(Wakize)

Walden
Old English: woods
(Wal, Wally, Wallie, Walt, Walter)

Waldo
Old English: he who rules, worthy of leadership
(Wally, Walldrun, Waldemar)

Walker
Anglo-Saxon: forest walker

Wallace
Celtic: a man from Wales
Anglo-Saxon: the stranger, he who comes from a far place
(Wallis, Walsh, Wally, Wallie)

Walter
Old German: powerful ruler of the people
Old English: woods or a man of the woods
(Wally, Wally, Walt, Walther)

Ward
Old English: a guardian or protector
(Warden, Worden)

Warren
Germanic: protective friend
Teutonic: game warden
(Waring, Warner)

Washington
Old English: the place near the water

Watson
Teutonic: son of Wat

Wayland
Old English: land close by the highway
(Land, Way, Waylen, Waylon)

Wayne
Teutonic: wagonmaker
(Wain, Waine, Dwayne, Duane)

Webster
Old English: weaver
(Web, Webb, Weeb)

Wendell
Old English: a pleasant valley, or he who lives in the pleasant valley
(Wen, Wendel, Del, Dell)

Wesley
Anglo-Saxon: the man from the field in the west, or the west field
(Wellesley, Wes, Wesley)

Wheeler
English: a driver, or a man who makes wheels

Whitfield
English: small field, or the man from the small field
(Whit, Field)

Whitman
Old English: he of white or fair hair, or fair-skinned
(Whit, Whitie, Whitney)

Whitney
Anglo-Saxon: a small landholding near the water
(Whit, Whitnie, Whitny)

Wilbur
Anglo-Saxon: the stronghold
Old English: the bright willows
(Will, Bert, Burt, Wilbert, Wilburt, Wilbury)

Wiley
Old English: meadow of willows
(WIllie, Willy, Willey, Wylie)

Willard
Anglo-Saxon: of great bravery, or strong-willed
Old English: a yard that is full of willows
(Will, Willy)

William
Teutonic: the determined guardian
(Bill, Billy, Billie, Wilem, Will, Wills, Willis, Willie, Wilmar, Wilmer, Wilhelm, Willem, Guillermo, Guglielmo, Guillem, Guillaume)

Winslow
Old English: hill of victory
(Win, Winn, Winnie, Winny, Wyn, Wynn, Lo, Low)

Winston
Anglo-Saxon: town of victory
(Winn, Winnie, Winney, Winnfield, Wingate)

Winthrop
Anglo-Saxon: friendly, hospitable village, or the village where they make wine
Old English: the victory gained at the crossroads
(Win, Winnie, Thorp, Thorpe)

Wolfgang
German: the wolf who comes, or the pathway through the woods
(Wolf, Wolfe, Wolfie)

Woodley
Anglo-Saxon: wooded mead, or a stretch of marshy ground
(Wood, Woodie, Woody, Woodly, Lea, Lee, Lei, Ley)

Woodrow
Anglo-Saxon: the pathway through the forest or wood
(Wood, Woodie, Woody, Woodman)

Wyatt
Old English: water
French: he who is a guide
(Whyatt, Wyeth, Wyatte)

Wynn
Old Welsh: white one
(Win, Winnie, Wynnie, Elwin)