Wayde
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning ford; a form of Wade.
Babies a year
38
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Wayde by the numbers
Wayde was given to 38 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 252 babies in 1959, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Wayde. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Waynewagon maker or cart driver274 in the US (2017)
- Wayden11 in the US (2017)
- Waylenland beside the road; a modern respelling of Waylon93 in the US (2017)
- Waldenvalley of the Welsh; foreigner's valley45 in the US (2017)
- Waldoruler of the realm; a form of Oswald11 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a river
Like Wayde, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Trentonsettlement of the trent river673 in the US (2017)
- Monroemouth of the Roe river; a surname as given name559 in the US (2017)
- Zairethe river; from Congo River name349 in the US (2017)
- Clydefrom the river Clyde344 in the US (2017)
- Fordshallow river crossing340 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Wayde
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