Wade

Wade is a boy name of English origin, meaning At the river crossing.

What Wade means

At the river crossing.

Wade is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.

Where Wade comes from

English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.

Wade is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.

How popular is Wade?

Wade sits outside the top 100 boy names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.

The character of Wade

We group Wade under water and the sea. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.

Themes: Water

Names like Wade

These share Wade's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

• Wells — From the springs.
• Banks — Dweller by the riverbank.
• Beckett — Dweller by the brook.
• Beckham — Homestead by the stream.
• Hudson — Son of Hugh; of the river.
• Lincoln — Town by the pool.
• Mortimer — Still water; dead sea.
• Reed — Red-haired; the riverside reed.
• Brooke — A small stream.
• Cove — A sheltered bay.
• Lake — A still body of water.
• Marlowe — From the hill by the lake.

More English names

• True — Genuine, loyal and real.
• Walker — A walker of cloth; a fuller.
• Treasure — Something precious and valued.
• Wells — From the springs.
• Tobin — God is good.
• Wesley — From the western meadow.
• Thorne — From the thorn bush.
• West — From the west; where the sun sets.
• Tatum — Cheerful; brings joy.
• Weston — From the western town.