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Surnames Starting with W: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 3 of 3)

283 family names beginning with W. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.

  • Windham
    England

    Someone from Wymondham or a similar place

  • Windsor
    England

    Someone from Windsor or Winsor

  • Winfield
    England

    "pasture field"

  • Wing
    England

    Place name

  • Wingate
    England

    Someone from Wingate in County Durham

  • Wingfield
    England

    Someone from Wingfield

  • Winkler
    Germany

    Corner dweller; small trader

  • Winkowski
    Poland

    A place name or a personal name containing friend

  • Winship
    England

    Someone who played the part of Friendship in the medieval pageants

  • Winslow
    England

    Wine's burial mound

  • Winston
    England

    Wine's farmstead

  • Winter
    Germany

    Winter; cold temperament

  • Winterbottom
    England

    Winter valley

  • Winters
    England

    Of winter / son of Winter

  • Winthrop
    England

    Wina's farm

  • Wirth
    Germany

    "innkeeper"

  • Wirtz
    Germany

    Son of the innkeeper

  • Wise
    England

    Wise, learned

  • Wishart
    Scotland

    Wise and hardy (Guiscard)

  • Wisner
    Germany

    Someone who came from Wissen (white sand), in Germany

  • Wiśniewski
    Poland

    From Wiśniewo, "cherry-tree place"

  • Witcher
    England

    A dweller by the wych-elm tree

  • Witek
    Poland

    A pet form of Witold or Wit

  • Witham
    England

    Someone who came from Witham (Wita's homestead)

  • Withers
    England

    Willow

  • Witherspoon
    Scotland

    Sheep pasture

  • Witkowski
    Poland

    From Witkowo

  • Witt
    Germany

    White, fair-haired

  • Witten
    England

    Someone who came from Witton (homestead by a village, or wood)

  • Wittenberg
    Germany

    Someone from Wittenberg, white mountain

  • Włodarczyk
    Poland

    Son of the steward

  • Wlodarski
    Poland

    Steward

  • Wojciechowski
    Poland

    From Wojciechów, place of Wojciech

  • Wójcik
    Poland

    Little village headman; or pet form of Wojciech

  • Wojtas
    Poland

    A pet form of Wojciech

  • Wojtasik
    Poland

    "son of Wojtas"

  • Wojtczak
    Poland

    "son of Wojtek"

  • Wójtowicz
    Poland

    "son of the village head"

  • Wolak
    Poland

    Little ox / from Wola

  • Wolcott
    England

    Someone who came from Woolscott (Wulfsige's cottage), in Warwickshire

  • Wold
    England

    A dweller at, or in, the wold or forest

  • Wolf
    Germany

    Wolf (given name or nickname)

  • Wolfe
    England

    Wolf, a nickname or personal name

  • Wolff
    Germany

    Wolf

  • Wolk
    Germany

    A dweller at the sign of the wolf

  • Woll
    England

    A dweller at, or near, a wall

  • Woller
    England

    A dweller at, or near, a wall

  • Wolsey
    England

    Wolf victory

  • Wolski
    Poland

    "from Wola"

  • Wolstenholme
    England

    Wulfstan's water meadow

  • Wood
    England

    Dweller by the wood

  • Woodall
    England

    Hall in the wood

  • Woodbridge
    England

    Someone who came from Woodbridge (wooden bridge), in Suffolk

  • Woodcock
    England

    A nickname from the woodcock bird

  • Woodhouse
    England

    A dweller in the house in, or by, a wood

  • Woodland
    England

    Someone who came from Woodland (wooded land)

  • Woodley
    England

    Someone from Woodleigh or Woodley

  • Woodman
    England

    Someone who cut and sold timber

  • Woodrow
    England

    Someone who came from Woodrow (row of trees)

  • Woodruff
    England

    Dweller where woodruff grew

  • Woods
    England

    Dweller by the woods

  • Woodside
    England

    A dweller at the side of the wood

  • Woodson
    England

    Son of Wood

  • Woodward
    England

    Forest keeper

  • Woodworth
    England

    Someone living at an enclosure by a wood

  • Wooten
    England

    Settlement by a wood

  • Worden
    England

    From Worden in Lancashire

  • Workman
    England

    Labourer, craftsman

  • Worrell
    England

    Someone from Worrall in Yorkshire

  • Worrick
    England

    Someone who came from Warwick (village by a dam or shore)

  • Worsley
    England

    Clearing of Weorc

  • Worthington
    England

    Settlement of Weorth's people

  • Woźniak
    Poland

    Cart-driver or court usher

  • Wray
    England

    Nook, corner

  • Wright
    England

    Craftsman, woodworker

  • Wrigley
    England

    From Wrigley Head, near Oldham

  • Wróbel
    Poland

    Sparrow

  • Wróblewski
    Poland

    From Wróblew (sparrow place)

  • Wrona
    Poland

    "crow"

  • Wulf
    Germany

    A descendant of Vulf

  • Wulff
    Germany

    A descendant of Vulf

  • Wunderlich
    Germany

    An odd, moody or curious man

  • Wurm
    Germany

    Worm or dragon

  • Wurster
    Germany

    A sausage maker

  • Wyand
    England

    A descendant of Weigand or Wygan (warrior)

  • Wyant
    England

    A descendant of Weigand or Wygan (warrior)

  • Wyatt
    England

    Little Guy

  • Wydra
    Poland

    A nickname from the otter

  • Wyer
    England

    A dweller at, or near, a dam or fish trap

  • Wyland
    England

    A dweller at the high land or field

  • Wylie
    Scotland

    Little William

  • Wynn
    Wales

    White, fair

  • Wysocki
    Poland

    From Wysokie (high place)

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Every surname can be researched, even if it isn't listed here.

Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.