First name origin & meaning: Old English: Wet field First name variations: Wakeley, Wakeman, Wakefield Last name origin & meaning: Northern English and Scottish: from the Old Norse byname
Vakr meaning ‘wakeful’, ‘vigilant’ (from vaka ‘to remain
awake’), or perhaps from a cognate Old English Waca (attested
in place names such as Wakeford, Wakeham, and
Wakeley).
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