Wade
English
"at the river crossing"Share
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Updated Thu Apr 18 2024
Wade Origin and Meaning
The name Wade is a boy's name of English origin meaning "at the river crossing".
Wade has never been outside the US Top 1000 for boys - there's a reason for that. It has a clean spelling, fresh sound and is neither too trendy (unlike Kade or Cade) or too old-school (like Richard or Albert). We think Wade is a winning name.
# 346 in the US
Wade Rank in US Top 1000
# 386 on Nameberry
Wade Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
Wade Popularity
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Famous People Named Wade
- Wade Anthony BoggsAmerican baseball player
- Wade HamptonAmerican Civil War general and politician from South Carolina
- Wade Leon SmithAmerican football player
- Wade Allen MileyAmerican baseball player
- Wade Imre MorissetteCanadian musician; twin sister Alanis Morissette
- Wade DavisCanadian anthropologist and author
- Wade DavisMLB pitcher
- Wade Barrett (born Stuart Alexander "Stu" Bennett)English professional wrestler
- Wade Andrew WilliamsAmerican actor
- Wade Langhamson of singer Rita MacNeil and David Langham
- Wade StormonthDarling (b. 2011), son of actress Honeysuckle Weeks and Lorne Stormonth,Darling
- Wade Wall Upham (b. 2016)son of Cate Edwards and Trevor Upham; grandson of politician John and Elizabeth Edwards
- Henry Wadelegendary former District Attorney of Dallas, Texas, famous for Roe v. Wade
- Wade RobsonAustralian dancer and choreographer
Wade in Pop Culture
- Wade Kingsleymain character in the film "Pardners"
- Wade Winston Wilson aka DeadpoolMarvel Comics character
- Wade Kinsellacharacter on TV's "Hart of Dixie"
- WadeGenius character in animated series "Kim Possible"
- Wade "Crybaby" Walker, Johnny Depp's character in movie "Cry,Baby"
- Wade "Unique" Adamscharacter on TV's "Glee"
- Wade Hampton Hamiltonson of Scarlett O'Hara and Charles Hamilton in "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell
- Wade the Duckcharacter in comic strip "U.S. Acres" and TV's Garfield and Friends
- Wade Wattsmain character of the novel "Ready Player One"
- Wade Eilingcharacter on TV's "The Flash"
- Wadeword meaning to walk in shallow water