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Wayne

//weɪn// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.

    ""My Dad wanted to name me Mats." "But your Mom won," Carmen said, "and named you after a movie star. Moms get away with murder. Mine, you probably think, named me after the girl in the opera." "Tell you the truth," Wayne said, "I never thought about it.""

  3. 3
    A city, the county seat of Wayne County, Nebraska, United States.
  4. 4
    A town, the county seat of Wayne County, West Virginia, United States.
  5. 5
    A number of townships in the United States, listed under Wayne Township.

Etymology

An occupational surname for a cartwright, Old English wægen (“wagon”).

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