Wade (surname) explained

Wade is a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin. It is thought to derive from the Middle English given name "Wade", which itself derived from the Old English verb "wadan" (wada) meaning "to go", or as a habitational name from the Old English word "(ge)waed" meaning "ford".^{[1] [2] [3]}

Variants of this surname include Waide and Wadey, the latter a diminutive variant. There is also a documented relationship between Wade and Waythe, the latter derived by a variant form of "wade" meaning a ford, that being "wath"; there is likewise a relationship between Wade/Waythe and Ford/Forth.^[4]

Notable people and fictional characters with the surname

A to E

• Abdoulaye Wade (born 1926), President of Senegal

• April Wade, American actress and producer
• Arthur C. Wade (1852–1914), American lawyer and politician
• Arthur Edward Wade (1895–1989), British botanist, lichenologist and museum curator
• Barrington Wade (born 1998), American football player
• Ben Wade (1922–2002), American baseball player

• Bernie L. Wade (born 1963), American minister, President of the International Circle of Faith

• Betsy Wade (1929–2020), American journalist
• Brandon Wade (born 1970), American businessman
• Bryan Wade (born 1963), English footballer

• Christian Wade (born 1991), English rugby player & American football player
• Claude Martin Wade (1794–1861), British political officer in India and Afghanistan
• Cory Wade (born 1983), American Major League Baseball player

• Dallas Toler-Wade (born 1974), American musician
• Dayton Wade (born 2000), American football player
• Dean Wade (born 1996), American basketball player
• Don Wade (1928–2007), American football coach and college athletics administrator
• Donald Wade, Baron Wade (1904–1988), British Liberal Party politician
• Doug Wade (born 1941), former Australian rules footballer
• Dwyane Wade (born 1982), American basketball player

• Edward Wade (1802–1866), American politician

F to J

• Gale Wade (1929–2022), American baseball player
• George Wade (1673–1748) was a British military commander

• Henry Wade (1914–2001), Texas lawyer and lead defendant in Roe v. Wade
• Henry Wade, pen name of British mystery writer Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet (1887–1969)
• Henry Wade (surgeon) (1876–1955), Scottish surgeon
• Herbert Wade (doctor) (1886–1968), American doctor and researcher on leprosy
• Herby Wade (1905–1980), South African cricketer

• James Wade (born 1983), English darts player

• Jason Wade (born 1980), singer/songwriter
• Jennie Wade (1843–1863), the only civilian casualty in the Battle of Gettysburg
• Jeremy Wade (born 1956), British TV presenter (River Monsters) and fishing author
• Jessey Wade (– 1952), English suffragette and animal welfare campaigner
• Jim Wade (1925–2019), American football player

• John Wade, several people
• Joivan Wade (born 1993), British actor

• Julian Wade (born 1990), Dominican footballer
• Julie Marie Wade (born 1979), American writer and professor or writing

K to O

• LaMonte Wade Jr. (born 1994), American baseball player
• Lillian Wade (1870–1923), British sculptor
• Lloyd Wade, English gospel and soul singer, vocal coach
• Logan Wade (born 1991), Australian baseball player
• Mark Wade (born 1965), American retired basketball player

• Martin Joseph Wade (1861–1931), U.S. Democratic Representative from Iowa
• Mary Wade (1775–1859), One of the youngest female convicts transported to Australia aboard the Lady Juliana in 1790 and 5x great grandmother of former Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd.
• Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade (1860–1936), American writer
• Mary Wade (paleontologist) (1928–2005), Australian paleontologist
• Matthew Wade (born 1987), Australian cricketer

• Morgan Wade (singer) (1995–), American singer
• Ned Wade (hurler) (1911–1992), Irish hurler
• Nicholas Wade (born 1942 in England), US science writer and author
• Nicholas J. Wade British vision researcher and historian of vision
• Oulton Wade, Baron Wade of Chorlton (1932–2018), British politician and businessman

P to T

• Paul Wade (born 1962), retired Australian footballer
• Peter Wade, British anthropologist
• Rachel Wade (born 1990), American murderer
• Rebekah Wade, English journalist
• Reg Wade, English footballer
• Robert Wade (disambiguation), multiple people
• Rosalind Wade (1909–1989), British novelist
• Scott Wade (born 1960), former Australian rules footballer
• Ted Wade (disambiguation), multiple people
• Shaun Wade (disambiguation), multiple people
• Sidney Wade (born 1951), American poet
• Stephen Wade (Born 1960), Australian politician
• Silas A. Wade (1797–1869), American politician
• Terence Wade (1930–2005), English academic and linguist
• Thomas Wade (disambiguation), multiple people
• Tyler Wade (born 1994), American baseball player

U to Z

• Virginia Wade (born 1945), tennis player from the United Kingdom
• Wallace Wade (1892–1986), American college sports coach
• Wayne Wade (born 1959), Jamaican reggae musician

• Willoughby Francis Wade (1827–1906), British physician

Further reading

• Book: Wade, Stuart Charles . The Wade Genealogy . Stuart C. Wade . 1900 . New York . Internet Archive.

See also

• Justice Wade (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Hanks, Patrick & Hodges, Flavia. A Dictionary of Surnames (Oxford University Press, 1988); s.v. Wade
2. Book: Harrison, Henry . Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary . Genealogical Publishing Company . Assisted by Gyda Pulling . 2013 . 9780806301716 . Reprint . 256–7 .
3. Book: Lower, Mark Antony . Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family names of the United Kingdom . J. R. Smith . 1860 . Great Britain . 368 . 4118298 . Internet Archive.
4. Book: Bardsley, Charles Wareing . A dictionary of English and Welsh surnames . Henry Frowde . Revised posthumously for the press by his Widow . 1901 . 786 . 867884157 . Internet Archive.