The wann Surname
wann Name Meaning and History
- English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English wann ‘wan’, ‘pale’ (the meaning of the word in Old English was, conversely, ‘dark’).
- German: from the personal name Wano, a short form of Wambald (see Wambold).
- German: topographic name denoting a basket-shaped valley or on a basket-shaped knoll, Middle High German wann(e) ‘basket’ (see Wanner and Wannemacher).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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