as a Last Name
- 10,285
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Wayne
Meaning & Origins
English: metonymic occupational name for a carter or cartwright, from Middle English wain ‘cart’, ‘wagon’ (Old English wægen). Occasionally it may have been a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished with this sign, probably from the constellation of the Plow, known in the Middle Ages as Charles's Wain, the reference being to Charlemagne.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 10,285
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Wayne per capita
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