as a Last Name
- 2,249
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Wake
Meaning & Origins
Northern English and Scottish: from the Old Norse byname Vakr meaning ‘wakeful’, ‘vigilant’ (from vaka ‘to remain awake’), or perhaps from a cognate Old English Waca (attested in place names such as Wakeford, Wakeham, and Wakeley).
| 11,925th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,249
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Missouri
- has the most people named Wake per capita
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