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Wait (name)

Wait meaning and variations

The word 'Wait," anciently spelled Wayghte or Wayte, is derived from the old high German wahten (to keep watch); it is common in the sense of guard or watchman to all the Teutonic languages, the German wacht, Dutch vaght, Swedish vakt and English watch. When used as a verb, its meaning is "to stay in expectation of"; as a noun, it denotes a minstrel watchmen.

<br /> When surnames were generally introduced into England in the eleventh century, those who held an office in most cases added its designation to their Christian names, thus: Richard, the minstrel-watchman, who was known as Richard le (the) Wayte, afterward contracted to Richard Wayte. The name has since been spelled Wayte, Wavt, Wayght, Waight, Wait, Waitt, Waite, Wate, Weight, Waiet, etc.

Notable people include

Wait

  • Benjamin Wait (1813–1895), Canadian businessman and author
  • Charles R. Wait (1880–1973), American architect
  • Daniel Guilford Wait (1789–1850), English clergyman, Hebrew scholar and religious writer
  • Georgiana Claudie Wait, Indonesian actress
  • Harry Wait (1891–1975), English footballer
  • James R. Wait, Canadian electrical engineer and engineering physicist
  • John T. Wait (1811–1899), U.S. Representative from Connecticut
  • John Wait McGauvran (1827–1884), merchant and political figure in Quebec
  • Norman Wait Harris (1846–1916), American banker
  • Phoebe Jane Babcock Wait (1838–1904), American physician
  • Ronald A. Wait (1944–2024), American politician in Illinois
  • Samuel Wait (1789–1867), baptist minister and first president of Wake Forest University
  • Wait Winthrop (1641–1717), colonial magistrate, military officer, and politician of New England
  • William Bell Wait (1839–1916), teacher in the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind

Waitt

  • Charlie Waitt (1853–1912), professional baseball player
  • Chris Waitt (born 1974), independent filmmaker, musician and writer
  • Maude C. Waitt, former member of the Ohio Senate
  • Mick Waitt, association football coach who managed the New Zealand national football team
  • Richard Waitt (died 1732), Scottish painter
  • Ted Waitt (born 1963), American billionaire, co-founder of Gateway, Inc

Weight

Waite

Wayte

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