Given name & surname

Waugh

“foreign”

Waugh is a surname, probably from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Waugh probably goes back to Old English walh, meaning “foreign.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Waugh probably comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Probably from Old English walh (“foreign”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Waugh, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English · Nature

Walding

“wood, forest”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Woolnough

“wolf” · “daring, courage”

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Germanic

Watling

“Celt; later Roman”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Worthing

“enclosure”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Weld

Weld is a surname from Old English.

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Wyke

“village”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Winch

“lapwing”

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Old English

Watton

“settlement”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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