Waite (name)
Waite is an English surname (of Norman origin). Its variant forms include Wait, Wayte, Waits and Waight. It is derived from the old high German wahten (to keep watch); it is common in the sense of guard or watchman to all the Teutonic languages,[1] the German wacht, Dutch vaght, Swedish vakt and English watch. When used as a verb, its meaning is "to stay in expectation of"; as a noun, it denotes a minstrel watchmen.
Waite is an occupational name for a watchman either in a town or castle from Anglo-Norman French waite ‘watchman member of the watch’ (of ancient Germanic origin; compare Wachter / Wächter).[2]
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | English, Norman, German |
| Word/name | English |
| Meaning | Watchman, Guardian, Defender, Protector |
| Region of origin | Europe |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Wait, Wayte, Waits, Waight, Wächter, |
| See also | Wilhelm/Willem/William (a name also meaning "protector"), Alexander (a name also meaning "defender") |
The following are notable people associated with the name Waite.
Surname
[edit]- Arthur Edward Waite, occultist and co-creator of the Rider-Waite tarot deck
- Arthur Waite (racing driver), Australian racing driver
- Catharine Van Valkenburg Waite, United States author, lawyer and women's suffrage activist.
- Charles Betts "C. B." Waite, American photographer
- Charles Burlingame Waite, American jurist and author
- David Waite, Australian rugby league coach
- Davis Hanson Waite (1825-1901), Populist governor of Colorado
- Edgar Ravenswood Waite, Australian zoologist
- Harold Roy Waite (1884-1978), American aviator
- Henry Chester Waite (1830-1912), American lawyer, banker, and politician
- Jamie Waite (born 1986), Thai footballer
- Jimmy Waite, ice hockey goaltender
- John Waite, British rock singer
- John Waite (cricketer), South African wicketkeeper–opening batsman
- John Musgrave Waite (1820-1884), Victorian fencing master
- Joseph Waite (alive in 1893 in England), a Latin and Greek scholar who edited the book Latin and Greek verse by Thomas Saunders Evans
- Keith Waite (1927–2014), New Zealand-born English editorial cartoonist
- Mitchell Waite (born 1946), author of books on electronics and computing
- Morrison Waite (1816-1888), U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1874–1888
- Norman Waite (1898–1970), English footballer
- Peter Waite (1834–1922), South Australian pastoralist, businessman, company director and philanthropist
- Ralph Waite (1928–2014), American actor, best known for the role of John Walton on the TV series The Waltons
- Reginald Waite, Royal Air Force officer
- Terry Waite, British humanitarian and author
- Thomas Waite (regicide), English Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I
- Thomas Waite (Under-Secretary for Ireland), 1747–1774
- Tommy Waite (born 1972), Northern Irish boxer of the 1990s and 2000s
Given name
[edit]- Samuel Waite Johnson (1831–1912), English railway engineer
- Waite Hoyt, American baseball player
- Waite Phillips, American Petroleum Businessman, Philanthropist
- Waite Stirling, First Anglican Bishop of the Falkland Islands.
Fictional characters
[edit]- Asenath Waite, character in H.P. Lovecraft's The Thing on the Doorstep
- Ephraim Waite, character in H.P. Lovecraft's The Thing on the Doorstep
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. C. & G. Merriam Co.
- ^ https://www.waitegenealogy.org/FGS/historysurname.pdf
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