WAYNE  

Gender: M
Origin: English occupational name
Meaning: "maker of wagons"

Popularity in 2008: #694

When Marion Michael Morrison became John Wayne around 1930, his last name took on an air of cowboy cool that lasted about thirty years, but by now it's strictly a dad or even granddad name.

International Variations:
Vaino (Finnish)

Wayne is being discussed in our message boards:

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• Seniors from 1962 yearbook
• Names from about 1940
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Read Nameberry blog posts about Wayne:

• STAGE NAMES: Would You Change Your Name for Fame?
• DAD NAMES: NOTEWORTHY NAMES OF SOME FAMOUS FATHERS
• THE FOUR-GENERATION RULE
• CALENDAR BABY NAMES