Given name & surname
Wates
“a guardsman”
Wates is a variant of Waite. One English interpretation is “a guardsman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wates is a variant of Waite. One English interpretation is “a guardsman.”
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Where it comes from
Wates is a variant of Waite. An origin associated with Waite is English.
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