Given name & surname
Wyman
“a fair-haired warrior”
Wyman is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a fair-haired warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a fair-haired warrior.”
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 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wyman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,066
- 3,066 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 63 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 63 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,465 as a first name in 2020; 10,692 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.
Wyman’s family of names
Wyman has a related form in Wymane. Wyman has a related form in Wymann. In English usage, Wyman as a surname has a related form in WAYMENT.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Wyman
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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