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| WALL |
(gw))wal, wall (gw mutates to w) |
55 |
| WALLACE,
WALLIS, WALLICE, WALLES, WALES, WALLISH |
poss: from Saxon weales, strangers applied
to native Britons |
559 |
| WARLEGGAN,
WARLEGGGON, WORLEGAN |
poss: war-leghven, on a stone slab |
0 |
| WARN,
WARNE, WEARNE |
(gw)wern, swamp or alder therefore
same origin as UREN, (gw mutates to w) |
806 |
| WARREN, WARRAN |
(gw)ern, swamp or alder therefore
same origin as UREN, (gw mutates to w) |
722 |
| WARRICK, WORRICK |
poss: from personal name Worek |
95 |
| WEEKS, WEEKES, WEEK |
(gw)wyg, wood or village, (gw
mutates to w) |
220 |
| WEIGHELL |
poss: wheg-oll, dearest |
0 |
| WELCH,
WELSH, WALSH |
from Saxon weales, strangers applied to
native Britons |
294 |
| WENDON, WENDYN |
poss: (gw)wyn-den, white or fair man, (gw mutates to w) |
18 |
| WERRING, WEARING, WERREN, WERRIN |
poss: from personal name Weryn, or same
derivation as WARREN |
98 |
| WHALE, WHELL, WHEAL, WHEALE |
whel, mine working, WHALE was by
far the most common in 1881 |
109 |
| WHEAR, WHEARE, WARE |
(gw)wer, green, or poss: whar,
humble, Charnock says veor, great: (gw mutates
to w) |
170 |
| WHERRY,
WERRY, WHERREY, WEARY |
poss:
from personal name Gweri |
289 |
| WHIDDEN, WIDDEN, WIDDON |
(gw)wyn, white or fair, (gw mutates
to w) |
4 |
| WILLS, WILLIS, WILLES, WILCE, WILES |
poss:
personal name Welet, very doubtful |
1123 |
| WINTLE, WINDLE |
(gw)wennol,
swallow, only WINTLE was found and this family came from
England, (gw mutates to w) |
8 |
| WINN, WYNN, WYNNE |
(gw)wyn,
white or fair, (gw mutates to w) |
179 |
| WINNAN, WINNEN |
poss: whennen,
weeds |
33 |
| WITHELL, WITHIEL, WITHEL |
poss:
personal name Guethyel |
34 |
| WOON |
(g)wun,
downland, (g mutates to w) |
73 |
| WORDEN |
poss: from
personal name Gworthan |
143 |
| WREN |
alternate
derivation of UREN. Many URENs changed their name to WREN
when they emigrated to the USA. |
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