Wayde

Where Wayde comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Wayde.

  • Vowel-ended
Wayde through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,392 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1929
    Wayde Preston born
    American actor
  3. 1959
    Peak, #493
    252 babies named Wayde, the most in any year.
  4. 1961
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,097.
  5. 1992
    Wayde van Niekerk born
    South African sprinter
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Wayde van Niekerk · South African sprinter, born 1992
  • Wayde Preston · American actor, 1929–1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.