Wyatt

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English

Etymology

Ultimately from the Old English personal name Wigheard, from wīg (war) + heard (hard, brave), later also used as a Middle English diminutive of the names Guy and William.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Wyatt

  1. A patronymic surname transferred from the given name
  2. A male given name from the Germanic languages, modern transferred use of the surname.

Further reading

  • Percy H Reaney; R M Wilson: A dictionary of English surnames Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997.→ISBN
  • Patrick Hanks; Flavia Hodges: A dictionary of surnames Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.→ISBN