Wainwright (surname)

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Wainwright
Origin
Word/nameEngland
Meaning"wagon builder"
Region of originEngland
Other names
Variant form(s)Wainewright, Wainright, Waynewright, Wainwrigt and Winwright.

Wainwright is an Anglo-Saxon occupational surname derived from the pre-7th century Old English word waegnwyrhta. The prefix, "waeg(e)n/waen, refers to a vehicle/wagon, common in its time as being horse-driven and four-wheeled. The suffix, wyrhta/wright, refers to a maker/builder. The earliest public record of the name dates to 1237 in Essex. Variations include Wainewright, Wainright, , and .[1] Notable people with the surname include:

  • Aaron Wainwright (born 1997), Welsh rugby union player.
  • Adam Wainwright (born 1981), American baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
  • Alfred Wainwright (1907–1991), writer of guide books to the fells of the English Lake District, including List of Wainwrights
  • Alfred Wainwright (cricketer) (1883-1971), South African cricketer
  • Alisha Wainwright (born 1989), American actress
  • Arthur Wainwright, English footballer
  • Charles S. Wainwright (1826–1907), American artillery officer during the American Civil War
  • Edgar Thomas Wainwright (born 1868), Scottish sculptor
  • George L. Wainwright, Jr. (born 1943), American judge, Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
  • Geoffrey Wainwright (born 1939), British Methodist theologian
  • Harry Wainwright Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway
  • Helen Wainwright, American diver and freestyle swimmer
  • Henry Wainwright (died 1875), English brushmaker and murderer
  • Hilary Wainwright (born 1949), British socialist and feminist
  • Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (bishop) (1792–1854), b. Liverpool, England, Americal Episcopal Bishop and father of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II
  • Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II (1821–1863), Lieutenant in the United States Navy during the US Civil War, grandfather of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV.
  • Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV (1883–1953), United States Army general during World War II, Recipient of the Medal of Honor, Japanese Prisoner of War, and the last "fighting general."
  • Loudon Wainwright Jr. (1924–1988), American columnist and editor.
  • Loudon Wainwright III (born 1946), American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, actor, father of Martha and Rufus Wainwright
  • Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary of Florida Division of Corrections; respondent in Gideon v. Wainwright and other famous Supreme Court cases
  • Lyndon Wainwright (1919–2018), English ballroom and Latin exhibition dancer.
  • Mark Wainwright, Australian academic
  • Martha Wainwright (born 1976), Canadian-American singer-songwriter, daughter of Loudon Wainwright III
  • Martin Wainwright, British journalist
  • Michael Wainwright (musician), Canadian musician
  • Richard Wainwright (politician) (1918–2003), British Liberal politician
  • Richard Wainwright (Civil War naval officer) (1817–1862), United States Navy Commander, father of Admiral Richard Wainwright
  • Richard Wainwright (Spanish-American War naval officer) (1849–1926), United States Navy Admiral, son of Commander Richard Wainwright
  • Richard Wainwright (World War I naval officer) (1881–1944), United States Navy Commander, son of Admiral Richard Wainwright
  • Rob Wainwright (rugby union) (born 1965), rugby union player, capped 37 times for Scotland (captain 16 times) and once for the British Lions
  • Rufus Wainwright (born 1973), Canadian-American singer-songwriter, son of Loudon Wainwright III
  • Sally Wainwright, English dramatist and television writer
  • William Wainwright, British musician better known under his artist name William Orbit. Other aliases include Wayne Wright
  • William Edward Wainwright (1873–1959), mine manager in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
  • Ted Wainwright (1865–1919), English cricketer
  • Thomas Wainwright (cricketer) (1940–2019), English cricketer
  • William L. Wainwright, American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly

See also[]

  • Justice Wainwright (disambiguation)

References[]

  1. ^ "Surname: Wainwright". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
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