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Surnames, their origin and their meaning

Many surnames are associated with the place/locality of where the family lived and in those cases the location is noted as the meaning.
Many surnames are associated with the occupation of the person given the name.

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Surname		Origin	Meaning
Wadsworth			farm or place in the wood
Wakeman			watchman
Wall			at the wall
Wallis			from Wales
Walsh			Welshman
Ward			A keeper, one who guards
Warne			An alder-tree, a ship's mast
Watcock			The son of Wat or Walter
Watkins			son of Wat or Walter
Watkinson			son of Wat or Walter
Watson			The son of Walter
Watts			son of Walter
Webster			weaver
Weld			A wood
Westcott			west cot
Wicker			A man of the creek or bay
Wilbor			Wildboar
Wilbur			Wildboar
Wilcox			Son of Will
Wilkins			son of William
Wilkinson			son of Wilkins
Willet			Little William
Williamson			son of william
Willis			son of Willy
Wilson			son of William
Wise			wisdom
Wiseman			wisdom
Wishart			Wise-heart
Woodruff			Wood-reeve, the governor or keeper of a wood, a forester
Woodward			a forest-keeper or officer
Wool			One having short, thick hair
Wooster			Worcester
Wylie			Willie or William

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