The story
- Old English · derived fromwagian“to sway, shake, quiver”
- English todayWarne
Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon recorded as Wagefen in the Domesday Book, probably from Old English wagian (“to sway, shake, quiver”) + fen (“bog, marsh”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishwagian all →
wagwaw
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.