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WAD
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Wadley.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname for a lighthearted or cheerful person, from Middle English, Old French gai. In Middle English the term could also mean ‘wanton’, ‘lascivious’ and this sense may lie behind the surname in some instances.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from places in Normandy called Gaye, from an early proprietor bearing a Germanic personal name cognate with Wade.probably from the Catalan personal name Gai (Latin Gaius), or in some cases a nickname from Catalan gay ‘cheerful’.Variant of German Gau.North German : from a Frisian personal name Gay.A Congregational clergyman and one of the forerunners of the Unitarian movement in New England, Ebenezer Gay (1696–1787) was born in Dedham, MA, which had been founded by his grandfather, John Gay, who came to America from Wiltshire, England, about 1630 and settled in Watertown, MA. Ebenezer’s great-grandson Howard was editor of the American Anti-Slavery Standard.
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English
English : habitational name from Wadsworth near Halifax, West Yorkshire, named with the Old English personal name Wæddi + worð ‘enclosure’.William Wadsworth came from England to Cambridge, MA, in 1632, and in 1636 accompanied Thomas Hooker as one of the founders of Hartford, CT.
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English (Kent)
English (Kent) : habitational name from a place identified by Reaney as Wadham in Knowstone, Devon.
Boy/Male
English
From Wade's estate.
Male
Romanian
Romanian form of Russian Vadim, probably WADIM means "knowing one."
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Lover; Warm-hearted; Affectionate; Friend; Beloved; Al-wadood; The All-loving; One of the Names of Allah
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a tall (Middle English long ‘long’) person who was a good companion (felagh, felaw ‘partner’, ‘comrade’).The name made famous in America by poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) of Portland, ME, was introduced to North America by William Longfellow of Yorkshire, England, who settled in Newbury, MA, about 1676.
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Anglo, British, English
From Wade's Meadow
Boy/Male
Indian
The loving one
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Berkshire named Wadley, from Old English wÄd ‘woad’ or the personal name Wada + lÄ“ah ‘woodland clearing’. Wadley in Northumberland, which has the same derivation, appears not to have contributed significantly to the modern surname.
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English
English : habitational name from Waddingham in Lincolnshire.
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British, English
From Wade's Estate; From the Village Near the Ford
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English
English : habitational name from a lost place, Wadlow in Toddington, Bedfordshire, named with the Old English personal name Wada + Old English hlÄw ‘hill’, ‘barrow’.
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English
English : from the Middle English personal name Wade, Old English Wada, from wadan ‘to go’. (Wada was the name of a legendary sea-giant.)English : topographic name for someone who lived near a ford, Old English (ge)wæd (of cognate origin to 1), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, as for example Wade in Suffolk.Dutch and North German : occupational name or nickname from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German wade ‘garment’, ‘large net’.Jonathan Wade emigrated from Norfolk, England, to Medford, MA, in 1632. Benjamin Franklin Wade (1800–1878), born near Springfield, MA, was a prominent U.S. senator from OH during the Civil War.
Girl/Female
Sikh
Bright
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a gatherer or seller of woad, from an agent derivative of Middle English wade ‘woad’ (Old English wÄd). This plant produces a blue dye, which was widely used in the Middle Ages.
Male
English
 English topographical surname transferred to forename use, WADE means "lives near the river crossing." Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Wada (the name of a sea giant), meaning "to go," in the sense of going forward, proceeding.
Boy/Male
Indian
The loving
Boy/Male
Indian
Servant of the loving
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Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Polite
Boy/Male
Hindu
Vaishnava denotes Lord Vishnu
Girl/Female
German, Italian, Latin
Flower
Boy/Male
Hindu
Plenty
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Lord of the Universe
Boy/Male
Hindu
One who knows hymns
Girl/Female
Czechoslovakian Slavic
Industrious.
Girl/Female
African, Arabic, Australian, Swahili
Daughter of the Prophet Mohammed
Boy/Male
Scottish
From the high peak.
Boy/Male
Arabic
Variant of Nu'man; Blood; Old Arabic Name
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p. pr. & vb. n.
of Wad
v. t.
To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and swamps.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Wade
imp. & p. p.
of Wade
adv.
In a waddling manner.
n.
One who, or that which, wades.
v. t.
To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.
n.
The act of wading.
pl.
of Wady
n.
One who, or that which, waddles.
v. i.
To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles.
n.
One who holds by a wadset.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Waddle
imp. & p. p.
of Waddle
v. t.
To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; as, to wad a cloak.
n.
Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also wading bird. See Illust. g, under Aves.
n.
A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.
n.
Alt. of Wadd
v. i.
Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed /lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly /inder or embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book.