Given name & surname
Wainwright
“one who builds wagons”
Wainwright is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who builds wagons.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who builds wagons.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wainwright through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1942
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1942. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,593 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Wainwright’s family of names
Wainwright has a related form in Wainewright. Wainwright has a related form in Wainright. Wainwright has a related form in Wayneright.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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