The wakeman Surname
wakeman Name Meaning and History
English: occupational name for a watchman, from Middle English
wake ‘watch’, ‘vigil’ + man ‘man’. This was the title of
the mayor of Ripon in West Yorkshire until the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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