| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|
| Wadsworth | after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, american poet | Unisex | |
| Walden | Mighty | Male | German |
| Wales | | Male | Hebrew |
| Walton | dweller by the wall | Male | English |
| Ward | Bard. Surname.
| Male | English |
| Warren | watchman, game keeper, enclosure, from La Varenne | Male | |
| Washington | From the intelligent one's farm
| Male | English |
| Watson | Son of Walter
| Male | English |
| Wayne | Craftsman
| Male | English |
| Webb | Weaver | Male | English |
| Webster | Weaver.: -ster ending on English occupational surnames indicates the work was originally a female occupation.
| Male | English |
| Wilmington | | Unisex | Hebrew |
| Wilson | son of Will | Male | English |
| Wilton | From The Farm By The Spring | Male | English |
| Windham | From The Windy Village | Unisex | English |
| Windsor | riverbank with a winch | Male | English |
| Winfield | | Unisex | |
| Winthrop | friendly | Male | English |
| Wolfgang | traveling wolf | Male | |
| Woodstock | | Unisex | Hebrew |
| Yankee | | Unisex | |
| York | Yew tree
| Male | English |