Surnames Starting with W: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins

Dweller by a ford

Wagon maker

"maker of wagons"

Son of Walek / Valentine

Valley of the Britons

Cloth fuller (walker of cloth)

Dweller by a wall, or 'of the valley'

Welshman, Briton of Strathclyde

Wall builder

Forest dweller or pilgrim

The Welshman

Ruler of the army

Son of Walter

From Walton, "farmstead of the Britons"

Watchman, guardian

Guard of the army, or keeper of a warren

From La Varenne; game preserve

From Washington ("settlement of Wassa's people")

"little moustache"

From Wasilew (Basil's place)

Son of Walter, or one who lived by the water

Son of Watkin (little Walter)

Son of Wat (Walter)

Son of Wat (Walter)

"son of Wawrzyniec"

Weaver of cloth, or dweller by the Weaver river

Weaver

Weaver

Weaver

Of the dairy farm

"hunter"

From the name Wigand

Wise; orphan

White

Welshman

Dweller by the springs

From the name Wendelin

A Wend (Slav)

From Wenceslas (Václav)

Protecting army

From Wesołowo, the merry place

From the west

West farmstead

Road clearing

Maker of wheels

Descendant of Faolán ("little wolf")

White field

Fair-haired or pale-complexioned

White-haired

White clearing

White island

Little evening

Warrior

From the name Wieland

Willow place

Son of Wiggin (worthy)

Son of little Will

"wolf"

Wild, untamed

"wild, untamed"

Willow, or from the River Wylye

From the personal name Wilhelm (William)

Wolf

Son of Wilkin, little William

Son of William

Son of William

Son of Will (William)

Son of Will (William)

Farmer of parish land

"pasture field"

Corner dweller; small trader

Winter; cold temperament

"innkeeper"

Wise, learned

From Wiśniewo, "cherry-tree place"

From Witkowo

White, fair-haired

Son of the steward

From Wojciechów, place of Wojciech

Little village headman; or pet form of Wojciech

"son of Wojtas"

"son of Wojtek"

"son of the village head"

Wolf (given name or nickname)

Wolf, a nickname or personal name

Wolf

"from Wola"

Dweller by the wood

A nickname from the woodcock bird

Dweller where woodruff grew

Dweller by the woods

Forest keeper

Settlement by a wood

Labourer, craftsman

Cart-driver or court usher

Craftsman, woodworker

From Wrigley Head, near Oldham

Sparrow

From Wróblew (sparrow place)

"crow"

Worm or dragon

Little Guy

White, fair

From Wysokie (high place)