Wayne
English
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Etymology
[edit]An occupational surname for a cartwright, Old English wægen (“wagon”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Wayne
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 1988, Elmore Leonard, Killshot, Arbor House, published 1989, →ISBN, page 145:
- "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."
- 2010, Sophie Hannah, A Room Swept White, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 102:
- Marcella and Nathaniel. Now I know their names. I haven't thought much about having children, but if I did, I wouldn't give them names like that. They're the sort of names you choose if you think you're someone to be reckoned with. I wonder if this is my Reverse L'Oréal Syndrome kicking in again; what would I call my kids, Wayne and Tracey? Because I'm not worth it.
- 2024 January 8, Ray Sanchez and Sabrina Souza, “Civil trial alleging top NRA officials used the organization as ‘personal piggy bank’ begins today”, in CNN[1]:
- The testimony of Wayne LaPierre, in the waning days of his long tenure as head of one of the nation’s most powerful lobbying groups, could highlight a New York civil trial alleging top officials used the National Rifle Association as a “personal piggy bank.”
- A city, the county seat of Wayne County, Nebraska, United States.
- A town, the county seat of Wayne County, West Virginia, United States.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Wayne Township.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]male given name
Anagrams
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- en:Cities in Nebraska, USA
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- en:County seats of Nebraska, USA
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- en:Towns in West Virginia, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:County seats of West Virginia, USA
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA
- en:Townships