Wayne

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /weɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Hyphenation: Wayne
• Homophones: wain, Wain, Waine, wane (pane–pain merger)

Proper noun

Wayne

1. A surname originating as an occupation.
2. 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.”

3. A number of places in the United States, including:
   1. A town in Kennebec County, Maine, named after Anthony Wayne.
   2. A city, the county seat of Wayne County, Nebraska.
   3. A township in Passaic County, New Jersey.
   4. A town, the county seat of Wayne County, West Virginia.
   5. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Wayne Township.

Derived terms

• Fort Wayne
• Wayleen
• Wayne County
• Waynesboro
• Waynesburg
• Waynesville

Descendants

• → Chinese: 韋恩 / 韦恩 (Wé'iēn) (transliteration)
• → Greek: Γουέιν (Gouéin) (transliteration)
• → Japanese: ウェイン (Wein), ウェーン (Wēn) (transliteration)
• → Korean: 웨인 (wein) (transliteration)
• → Russian: Уэйн (Uejn) (transliteration)
• Translingual: ⇒ Waynea
• → Ukrainian: Вейн (Vejn) (transliteration)

Translations

male given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韋恩 / 韦恩 (Wé'iēn)

• Greek: Γουέιν (el) (Gouéin)
• Hindi: वेन (hi) m (ven)
• Japanese: ウェイン (Wein), ウェーン (Wēn)
• Korean: 웨인 (Wein)
• Russian: Уэйн (ru) (Uejn)
• Ukrainian: Вейн (Vejn)

Anagrams

• neway, waney