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wyatt Name Meaning and History

English: from the medieval personal name Wiot, Wyot, Gyot, which derives from the Old English personal name Wigheard, composed of the elements wig ‘war’ + heard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’. Under Norman influence it was also adopted as a diminutive of both Guy 1 and William.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of wyatt Families in the US in 1920
Number of wyatt families
 252-501
 85-251		 1-84
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Wyatt's in Mo and KS Dennis Wyatt 4
Wyatt Family Line RoxanneJohnson55 0
1964 Murder, Brunswick Co., NC brysonhat 0
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George Wyatt of Essex Co Va oclarke11 0
WYATTs of York County, VA ~Virginia 3
Robert Cornelius WYATT, WV, marr. Margie May MOONEY U_Schoenwetter 0
Thomas Barton Wyatt, VA Marianne Hay 11
WYATTS FROM ENGLAND WYATTWIN 54
sir thomas wyat veronica737 24
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