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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Wet field

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from Wakeley in Hertfordshire, named from the Old English byname Waca, meaning ‘watchful’ (see Wake) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

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