Wayman

Where Wayman comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Wayman.

Wayman through the years
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #764 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1900
    Peak, #699
    13 babies named Wayman, its best rank.
  3. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1952
    Wayman Britt born
    American basketball player
  5. 1964
    Wayman Tisdale born
    American basketball player and smooth jazz bass guitarist
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Wayman Tisdale · American basketball player and smooth jazz bass guitarist, 1964–2009
  • Wayman Britt · American basketball player, born 1952
  • Wayman Elbridge Adams · American painter, 1883–1959
  • Wayman C. McCreery · Carom billiards player innovator and inventor, 1851–1901

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.