Baby boy names beginning with W – with origins and meanings
Looking for baby name ideas for a boy that start with the 23rd letter of the alphabet? We’ve got some wonderful suggestions, along with their origin and meaning
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Our list of newborn baby name ideas beginning with W includes their origins and meanings to help you decide whether your boy is a Wade, Wolf or Woodrow
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1. Wadall
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: to wade
2. Wade
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: ford
3. Wainwright
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: maker of wheels for carts
4. Wagner
- Origin: Old Dutch
- Meaning: driver or charioteer
5. Wake
- Origin: Norman
- Meaning: watchful
6. Waldemar
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: famous ruler
- Also: Valdemar
7. Waldo
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: king
8. Walker
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: walking or inspecting the woods
9. Wallace
- Origin: Scottish
- Meaning: a Welshman; a name in honour of Sir William Wallace, the Scottish patriot
- Also: Wallis, Wal, Wally
10. Walter
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: army leader
- Also: Walt, Watty, Wat, Walther (German form)
11. Walton
- Origin: Anglo-Saxon
- Meaning: fortified town
12. Wamu
- Origin: Japanese
- Meaning: calm; dream
13. Waqar
- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning: dignity
14. Ward
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: guard
15. Warne
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: cold marsh
16. Warner
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: army guard
17. Warren
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: watchman
18. Warwick
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: buildings near the weir
19. Washington
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: hunting town; the capital city of the US
20. Wasim
- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning: attractive
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21. Waverley
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: meadow of trees
22. Wayne
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: wagon builder or driver
23. Webb
- Origin: English/Sottish
- Meaning: weaver of cloth
24. Wendel
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: one of the Wend people
- Also: Wendell
25. Wentworth
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: Paleman’s settlement
26. Wesley
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: Western field; used in honour of the Methodist brothers John and Charles Wesley
- Also: Wes
27. Whitaker
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: White acre
- Also: Whittaker
28. Whitman
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: white man
29. Whitney
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: white island
30. Wilbert
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: high-born
31. Wilbur
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: resolute
32. Wilfred
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: aspiring to peace
- Also: Wilfrid, Wilf
33. Willard
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: strong desire
34. William
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: strong helmet
- Also: Will, Willie, Bill, Billy, Liam (Irish form), Wilhelm (German form)
35. Willoughby
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: willow farm
36. Wilmot
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: resolute protector
37. Wilson
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: son of William
38. Wilton
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: settlement by the well
39. Windsor
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: loading point on a river
40. Winslow
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: friend’s hill
41. Winston
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: joyful stone; often used in honour of Sir Winston Churchill
42. Winter
- Origin: Modern British
- Meaning: winter, the season
43. Winthrop
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: friend’s village
44. Winton
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: friend’s settlement
45. Witt
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: fair or white
46. Wolf
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: wolf
- Also: Wolfe
47. Woodrow
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: dwellings by the wood
48. Woodward
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: guardian, protector
49. Worth
- Origin: American
- Meaning: riches, wealth
50. Wyman
- Origin: Anglo-Saxon
- Meaning: man of war
51. Wyn
- Origin: Welsh
- Meaning: white
- Also: Wynn
52. Wyndham
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: hamlet by the winding way
- Also: Windham
53. Wynn
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: friend; also used as a girl’s name
- Also: Wynne
About our author Catherine Ball
Catherine Ball is a freelance journalist who specialises in writing about parenting and health. She has been a journalist for 20 years, writing for a wide range of regional and national publications. She is also mum to 4 children between the ages 3 and 12, so has drawn up many, many lists of baby names over the past few years.
Illustration: Emma Winchester
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