Wharton in Cheshire and Hertfordshire are derived from an Olde English pre 7th Century river name Woefer, from "woefre" meaning wandering or winding plus "tun", settlement. Wharton in Lincolnshire has as it's first element the Olde English "wearde" meaning beacon or "warod", shore, bank, plus "tun".
Wheatley is an English surname which translates into Old English as "from the wheat meadow". Alternative spellings include Wheatly, Whatley, Whitley, Wheetley, and Wheatleigh. Whether this is an association of work, or of origin, is debatable.
Wheaton Name Meaning. English: habitational name of uncertain origin, possibly from places in Lancashire and East and West Yorkshire named Weeton, from Old English wiðig 'willow' + tun 'settlement'.
Wheeler Name Meaning. English: occupational name for a maker of wheels (for vehicles or for use in spinning or various other manufacturing processes), from an agent derivative of Middle English whele 'wheel'.
Wheelock or Wheelocke is an English surname and given name. It is derived from the Proto-Celtic ancestor of the Welsh language word "chevel-og", meaning "winding river".
The family name Whelan /ˈhwiːlən/ is an anglicisation of the Irish surname, Ó Faoláin. ... "Ó" (anglicised as "O'") derives from the Old Irish "úa", meaning "grandson", or more figuratively "patrilineal descendent".
Meaning of name Whetu. Etymology : Means "star" in Maori.
Meanings and history of the name Whidbey: | Edit. Whidbey is an English surname. The family lived in Yorkshire, at Whitby. Famous real-life people named Whidbey: | Edit. Joseph Whidbey (1755-1833), Royal Navy officer and Master of the HMS Discovery.
Whistler Name Meaning. English: from an agent derivative of Middle English whistle (Old English hwistle, of imitative origin), hence an occupational name for a player on a pipe or flute, or possibly a nickname for an habitual whistler.
Whit may refer to: Whit or Whitsun, another name for the holy day of Pentecost.
