About the Waynwright Surname

The last name Waynwright is one of the recorded forms of Wainwright, an English family name. The family name meaning is “maker of wagons”, the same as for Wainwright. Spelled with “y” instead of “i”, Waynwright shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Other spellings include Wainewright and Wainright.

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