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Meaning & Origins
Transferred use of the surname, in origin an occupational name for a carter or cartwright, from Old English wægen ‘cart, waggon’. It was adopted as a given name in the second half of the 20th century, mainly as a result of the popularity of the American film actor John Wayne (1907–79), who was born Marion Michael Morrison; his screen name was chosen in honour of the American Revolutionary general Anthony Wayne (1745–96).
| 144th in the U.S. for 2011 |
English and Scottish (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name from any of various places in northern France which get their names from the Gallo-Roman personal name Maccius + the locative suffix -acum.
| 550th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Wayna, Wayn, Waynne, Waynie, Waynee, Waynn, Waynw, Wayno, Waynna, Waynea
Moss, Mays, Massie, Massa, Maas, Massaro, Mazza, Massengale, Massengill, Masse
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