First name origins & meanings:
- Middle English: A ford
- English: Ford meadow
First name variations: Wadsworth, Waide, Wayde, Wade, Wadleigh, Wadly Last name origin & meaning: English: habitational name from a place in Berkshire named Wadley,
from Old English wād ‘woad’ or the personal name Wada
+ lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Wadley in Northumberland, which
has the same derivation, appears not to have contributed significantly
to the modern surname.
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