Given name & surname

Wanless

“hopeless, luckless”

Wanless is a surname from Middle English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Wanless goes back to Middle English wanles, meaning “hopeless, luckless.”

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Where it comes from

Wanless comes from Middle English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle English wanles (“hopeless, luckless”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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