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Origin:
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478 famous people named Wade found on Wikipedia.
69647 male, 163 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
361-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
183-th in year 1966
Used in: English
Wade is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Wade Allison (born 1941), British physicist and Oxford professor
Wade Baldwin IV (born 1996), American basketball player
Wade Belak (1976–2011), former National Hockey League player
Wade Boggs (born 1958), former Major League Baseball player
Wade Cunningham (born 1984), New Zealand race car driver
Wade Davis (anthropologist) (born 1953), Canadian anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author and photographer
Wade Davis (baseball) (born 1985), Major League Baseball pitcher
Wade Hampton, various persons of that name
Wade Hayes (born 1969), American country music artist
Wade Helliwell, (born 1978) retired Australian basketball player
Wade Houston, former collegiate basketball player and coach, father of former National Basketball Association player Alan Houston
Wade MacNeil (born 1984), Canadian singer and guitarist of post-hardcore band Alexisonfire
Wade Mainer (1907–2011), American singer and banjoist
Wade Miley (born 1986), Major League Baseball pitcher
Wade Phillips (born 1947), National Football League defensive coordinator and former head coach
Wade Rathke (born 1948), co-founder of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
Wade Redden (born 1977), National Hockey League player
Wade Regehr, Professor of Neurobiology in Harvard Medical School's Department of Neurobiology
Wade Robson (born 1982), Australian dancer, director, producer, songwriter and choreographer
Wade Schalles (born 1951), American champion amateur wrestler
Wade Ward (1892–1971), American old-time music banjo player and fiddler
Wade Watts (1919–1998), African American gospel preacher and civil rights activist
Old English wadan "to go forward, proceed, move, stride, advance" (the modern sense perhaps represented in oferwaden "wade across"), from Proto-Germanic *wadan (source also of Old Norse vaða, Danish vade, Old Frisian wada, Dutch waden, Old High German watan, German waten "to wade"), from PIE root *wadh- (2) "to go," found only in Germanic and Latin (source also of Latin vadere "to go," vadum "shoal, ford," vadare "to wade"). Italian guado, French gué "ford" are Germanic loan-words. Specifically "walk into or through water" (or any substance which impedes the free motion of limbs) c. 1200. Originally a strong verb (past tense wod, past participle wad); weak since 16c. Figurative sense of "to go into" (action, battle, etc.) is recorded from late 14c. Related: Waded; wading. Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, [Gray, "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"]
Ford in river crossing; to go, advance.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Dwyane Wade | 1982 | American basketball player |
2 | Wade Boggs | 1958 | American baseball player |
3 | Wade Phillips | 1947 | American football coach |
4 | Jeremy Wade | 1956 | British television presenter and author |
5 | Virginia Wade | 1945 | English tennis player |
6 | Wade Williams | 1961 | American actor |
7 | Wade Robson | 1982 | Choreographer, creative director, and songwriter |
8 | Brandon Wade | 1970 | American businessman |
9 | Dominic Wade | 1990 | American boxer |
10 | James Wade | 1983 | English darts player |
11 | Fiona Wade | 1979 | English actress |
12 | Rachel Wade | 1990 | American murderer |
13 | Jason Wade | 1980 | Musician from the United States |
14 | Wade Belak | 1976 | Canadian ice hockey player |
15 | Will Wade | 1982 | American college basketball coach |
16 | Wade Hampton III | 1818 | American politician |
17 | Brian Patrick Wade | 1978 | American actor |
18 | Wade Domínguez | 1966 | American actor |
19 | Laura Wade | 1977 | British playwright |
20 | Matthew Wade | 1987 | Australian cricketer |
21 | Wade Baldwin IV | 1996 | American basketball player |
22 | Wade Morissette | 1974 | Singer |
23 | Joivan Wade | 1993 | British actor and writer |
24 | Wade Wilson | 1959 | American football player and coach |
25 | Wade Miley | 1986 | Baseball pitcher |
26 | Benjamin Wade | 1800 | American politician |
27 | Abdoulaye Wade | 1926 | 3rd President of Senegal |
28 | Wade Nichols | 1946 | American actor |
29 | Wade Hayes | 1969 | American country singer |
30 | Jenna Wade | ||
31 | Wade Davis | 1953 | Canadian Anthropologist |
32 | Christian Wade | 1991 | Rugby union player from England |
33 | Ginnie Wade | 1843 | Seamstress, was the only Gettysburg civilian killed directly during the Battle of Gettysburg |
34 | Wade Redden | 1977 | Canadian ice hockey player |
35 | Wade MacNeil | 1984 | Canadian musician |
36 | Wade Bowen | American singer-songwriter | |
37 | Roger Alan Wade | 2000 | American singer-songwriter |
38 | Wade Graham | 1990 | Australian rugby league player |
39 | Nicholas Wade | 1942 | British writer |
40 | Wade Flemons | 1940 | American musician |
41 | Jenny Wade | 1978 | American actress |
42 | George Wade | 1673 | British Field Marshal |
43 | Andrew Wade | 1984 | American record producer |
44 | Wade MacLauchlan | 1954 | 32nd Premier of Prince Edward Island |
45 | Wallace Wade | 1892 | American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coach |
46 | Bill Wade | 1930 | American football player |
47 | Trevin Wade | 1989 | American Football player |
48 | Wade Keller | 1971 | American wrestling journalist |
49 | Wade Dooley | 1957 | English rugby union player |
50 | Wade LeBlanc | 1984 | American baseball player |
51 | Wade Elliott | 1978 | Footballer |
52 | Wade Barrett | 1976 | American soccer player |
53 | Wade Hampton I | 1754 | United States general |
54 | Ernestine Wade | 1906 | American actress |
55 | Karim Wade | 1968 | Senegalese politician |
56 | Kevin Wade | 1954 | American screenwriter |
57 | Wade Welles | 1972 | Fictional human |
58 | Wade Watts | 1919 | American civil rights activist |
59 | Wade Cook | 1949 | American financial guru |
60 | Lisa Wade | 1979 | Dutch presenter / writer |
61 | Thomas Francis Wade | 1818 | British linguist |
62 | Aron Wade | 1970 | Belgian actor |
63 | Ed Wade | 1956 | American baseball executive |
64 | Wade Smith | 1981 | American football player, offensive lineman |
65 | Paul Wade | 1962 | Australian soccer player |
66 | Wade Guyton | 1972 | American artist |
67 | Bobby Wade | 1981 | American football player |
68 | Wade Townsend | 1983 | American baseball player |
69 | Wade H. McCree | 1920 | American judge |
70 | Charles Paget Wade | 1883 | English architect and artist |
71 | John Francis Wade | 1711 | English hymnist |
72 | Wade Martin | 1979 | British music producer |
73 | Doug Wade | 1941 | Australian rules footballer |
74 | Wayne Wade | 1959 | Jamaican singer |
75 | Lloyd Wade | British singer | |
76 | Wade Hampton II | 1791 | US Army officer |
77 | Viviane Wade | 1932 | First lady of Senegal |
78 | Wade H. Haislip | 1889 | Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army, 1949 to 1951 |
79 | Jeptha Wade | 1811 | American entrepreneur, daguerreotypist and portrait painter (1811-1890) |
80 | Wade Hemsworth | 1916 | Canadian singer |
81 | Stuart Wade | 1969 | Actor, pantomimist |
82 | Wade Rathke | 1948 | American labor organizer |
83 | Wade Houston | American basketball player-coach | |
84 | Wade Sanders | Recipient of the Purple Heart medal | |
85 | Cynthia Wade | 2000 | American documentary film director, producer and cinematographer |
86 | Wade Boteler | 1888 | Actor |
87 | Wade Schalles | American wrestler | |
88 | Wade Dekker | 1994 | Australian association football player |
89 | William Wade | 1546 | English politician, diplomat, and Lieutenant of the Tower of London |
90 | Wade Brookbank | 1977 | Canadian ice hockey player |
91 | Wade Cunningham | 1984 | New Zealand racing driver |
92 | Russell Wade | 1917 | American actor |
93 | Scott Wade | 1960 | Australian rules footballer and coach |
94 | Margaret Wade | 1912 | American basketball player and coach |
95 | Wade Harman | 1963 | American football coach |
96 | Wade McKinnon | 1981 | Australian rugby league player |
97 | Obie Scott Wade | American screenwriter | |
98 | Jonathan Wade | 1984 | American football player |
99 | Billy Wade | 1930 | American racing driver |
100 | Sonny Wade | 1947 | Canadian football player |
101 | Wade Flaherty | 1968 | Canadian ice hockey player |
102 | Johnnie Wade | British actor | |
103 | Todd Wade | 1976 | American football player |
104 | Wade Mainer | 1907 | 20th century American Bluegrass musician |
105 | Lance C. Wade | 1915 | United States-born British flying ace |
106 | Wade Dubielewicz | 1979 | Canadian ice hockey player |
107 | Chris Wade | American fraudster | |
108 | Peter Wade | British anthropologist | |
109 | Charles Wade | 1863 | New South Wales politician and Premier of New South Wales |
110 | Kirsty Wade | 1962 | British middle-distance runner |
111 | Morgan Wade | 1983 | American bicycle motocross rider |
112 | Wade Henderson | 1948 | American academic |
113 | Mark Wade | 1965 | American basketball player-coach |
114 | Tyler Wade | 1994 | |
115 | Michael Wade | 1954 | British businessman |
116 | Wade Noonan | 1971 | Politician |
117 | Sally Wade | 1984 | Welsh footballer |
118 | Wade Small | 1984 | English footballer |
119 | Thomas Wade | 1961 | Canadian singer |
120 | Martha Nix Wade | 1967 | American actress |
121 | Mitchell Wade | 1963 | American defence contractor |
122 | David Wade | 1911 | American lieutenant general |
123 | Rick Wade | American businessman and politician | |
124 | Wade Ward | 1892 | American musician |
125 | Wade Simmons | 1973 | Canadian racing cyclist |
126 | Adam Wade | 1968 | American drummer |
127 | Wade Manning | 1955 | American football player |
128 | Wade Miller | 1983 | Canadian football player |
129 | Wade Walker | 1923 | American football player and coach, college athletics administrator |
130 | Wade Brorby | 1934 | United States federal judge |
131 | Julian Wade | 1989 | Dominican footballer |
132 | Tommy Wade | 1942 | American football player |
133 | Steve Wade | Australian singer | |
134 | Wade Key | 1946 | American football player |
135 | James Wade Jr. | 1975 | American basketball coach |
136 | Trevor Sidney Wade | 1920 | English fighter ace |
137 | Wade DesArmo | Canadian skateboarder | |
138 | Lorrenzo Wade | 1985 | College basketball player |
139 | Robert Wade | 1944 | New Zealand development scholar |
140 | Wade Von Grawbadger | Comics artist | |
141 | Wade Ormsby | 1980 | Professional golfer |
142 | Wade Burleson | 1961 | American minister |
143 | Wade Miquelon | 1964 | American engineer |
144 | Triston Wade | 1993 | American football player |
145 | Ben Wade | 1922 | American baseball player |
146 | Martin Joseph Wade | 1861 | United States federal judge |
147 | Melancthon S. Wade | 1802 | United States Army general during American Civil War |
148 | Charlie Wade | 1950 | American football player |
149 | Kenneth Wade | 1932 | British chemist |
150 | Wade Hamilton | 1994 | |
151 | Wade Blasingame | 1943 | American baseball player |
152 | Asher Wade | 1949 | Israeli rabbi |
153 | Edward Wade | 1802 | American politician |
154 | Larry Wade | 1974 | American hurdler |
155 | Jared Wade | American singer | |
156 | Bob Wade | 1943 | American artist |
157 | Wade Legge | 1934 | Jazz pianist and bassist |
158 | Wade Allison | 1941 | Physicist |
159 | Omar Wade | 1990 | Senegalese footballer |
160 | Wade Marcus | American musician | |
161 | Wade Ray | 1913 | American Western Swing fiddler and vocalist |
162 | Wade Keliikipi | 1991 | American football player |
163 | Wade Crane | 1944 | American pool player |
164 | April Wade | American actress | |
165 | Aaron Wade | 1916 | American boxer |
166 | Wade Thompson | 1988 | Australian rules footballer |
167 | James P. Wade | 1930 | American writer |
168 | Wade Bell | 1945 | American middle-distance runner |
169 | Wade McCollum | American actor | |
170 | Tristan Wade | American poker player | |
171 | Sean Wade | 1966 | New Zealand distance runner |
172 | Wade Richey | 1976 | American football player |
173 | Alex Wade | 1966 | English lawyer and journalist |
174 | Gary R. Wade | American justice | |
175 | Henry Wade | 1876 | |
176 | Horace M. Wade | 1916 | American general |
177 | Wade Hampton Frost | 1880 | American academic |
178 | Michael J. Wade | American biologist | |
179 | Christopher Wade | English protestant martyr | |
180 | Bernie L. Wade | 1963 | American bishop |
181 | Terrell Wade | 1973 | American baseball player |
182 | Donald Wade, Baron Wade | 1904 | British politician |
183 | Wade Bootes | 1974 | Australian bicycle motocross rider |
184 | Joe Wade | 1921 | English footballer and manager |
185 | Wade Webber | 1967 | American soccer player |
186 | Wade Campbell | 1961 | Canadian ice hockey defenceman |
187 | Nathaniel Wade | English republican | |
188 | Wade Hall-Craggs | 1966 | British rower |
189 | Wade Walton | 1923 | American blues musician |
190 | Wade Randolph Hampton | ||
191 | Alune Wade | 1978 | Senegalese singer-songwriter, bassist and music producer |
192 | Wade Chapman | 1976 | Australian rules footballer |
193 | Wade Taylor | 1965 | American baseball player |
194 | Mark Alan Wade | American musician | |
195 | Wade Kach | 1947 | American politician |
196 | Richard Clement Wade | 1921 | American historian |
197 | Hugh Wade | 1901 | American politician |
198 | Sidney Wade | 1951 | American poet |
199 | Wade Megan | 1990 | |
200 | Wade Rowland | 1944 | Canadian writer |