Wymark

English

Etymology

From Wiuhomarch, name of a Breton saint, from Old Breton uuiu (“worthy of”) + ho- (“successful”) + march (“horse”). Cognate to modern Breton Guyonvarc'h.

Proper noun

Wymark (countable and uncountable, plural Wymarks)

1. A surname.
2. A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wymark is the 39238^th most common surname in England, belonging to 81 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wymark”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.