Wainwright Name Study

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Wainwright is an Anglo-Saxon occupational surname derived from the pre-7th century Old English word waegnwyrhta. The prefix, waeg(e)n/waen, refers to a vehicle/wagon, common in its time as being horse-driven and four-wheeled. The suffix, wyrhta/wright, refers to a maker/builder. The earliest public record of the name dates to 1237 in Essex. There are many variations.

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Famous Wainwrights

• Adam Wainwright (born 1981), American baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
• Alfred Wainwright (1907–1991), writer of guide books to the fells of the English Lake District, including List of Wainwrights
• Arthur Wainwright (1894-1968), English footballer
• Charles S. Wainwright (1826–1907), American artillery officer during the American Civil War
• George L. Wainwright, Jr. (born 1943), American judge, Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
• Geoffrey Wainwright (born 1939), British Methodist theologian
• Harry Wainwright (1864-1925), Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway
• Helen Wainwright (1906-1965), American diver and freestyle swimmer
• Henry Wainwright (died 1875), English brushmaker and murderer
• Hilary Wainwright (born 1949), British socialist and feminist
• Jonathan M. Wainwright (1792-1854), b. Liverpool, England, Americal Episcopal Bishop and father of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II
• Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II (1821-1863), Lieutenant in the United States Navy during the US Civil War, father of Jonathan Wainwright, Jr. (III) and Robert Powell Page Wainwright, grandfather of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV.
• Master Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Jr. (III), (1849-1870), Officer in the United States Navy and son of Commander Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II.
• Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV (1883–1953), United States Army general during World War II, Recipient of the Medal of Honor, Japanese Prisoner of War, and the last "fighting general."
• Loudon Wainwright Jr. (1924-1988), American columnist and editor.
• Loudon Wainwright III (born 1946), American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, actor, father of Martha Wainwright and Rufus Wainwright
• Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary of Florida Division of Corrections; respondent in Gideon v. Wainwright and other famous Supreme Court cases
• Lyndon Wainwright, English ballroom and Latin exhibition dancer.
• Maci Wainwright (born 1990), American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
• Mark Wainwright, Australian academic
• Martha Wainwright (born 1976), Canadian-American singer-songwriter, daughter of Loudon Wainwright III
• Michael Wainwright (musician), Canadian musician
• Richard Wainwright (politician) (1918–2003), British Liberal politician
• Richard Wainwright (Civil War naval officer) (1817–1862), United States Navy Commander, father of Admiral Richard Wainwright
• Richard Wainwright (Spanish-American War naval officer) (1849–1926), United States Navy Admiral, son of Commander Richard Wainwright
• Richard Wainwright (World War I naval officer) (1881–1944), United States Navy Commander, son of Admiral Richard Wainwright
• Rob Wainwright (rugby union) (born 1965), rugby union player, capped 37 times for Scotland (captain 16 times) and once for the British Lions
• Robert Powell Page Wainwright (1852-1902), Major in the United States Army, father of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV.
• Rufus Wainwright (born 1973), Canadian-American singer-songwriter, son of Loudon Wainwright III
• Sally Wainwright, English dramatist and television writer
• William Wainwright, British musician better known under his artist name William Orbit. Other aliases include Wayne Wright
• Ted Wainwright, English cricketer
• William L. Wainwright, American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly

See Also

• Wainwright (name) on Wikipedia.