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Wyatt
WyattSay it WY-ut
- Meaning today
- Brave in war, guide
- Original meaning
- "from the Norman surname Guyot, a pet form of Guy; Guy is from a Germanic name in widu, "wood" (or wit, "wide")" Wikipedia
- Say it
- WY-ut
- Other spellings
- Wyat
Wyatt
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Wyatt meaning
Wyatt is an international boy's name of Norman French origin (from Germanic).
Meaning today
Brave in war, guide
Original Norman French (from Germanic) meaning
"from the Norman surname Guyot, a pet form of Guy; Guy is from a Germanic name in widu, "wood" (or wit, "wide")"
Source: Wikipedia, Wyatt (given name) · entry Wyatt · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
Wyatt began as an English surname. Wikipedia derives it from the Norman surname Guyot, a pet form of Guy, with the French gu- turning back into the w- of its Germanic source; Guy itself is a short form of old Germanic names beginning with widu, 'wood', or wit, 'wide'. Baby-name lists usually give 'brave in war' or 'guide'. We could not confirm either sense in a reference work, so they are best read as popular meanings. The name is linked with the American West through the lawman Wyatt Earp of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and with the Tudor poet Sir Thomas Wyatt. It is said WY-ut.
References: Wikipedia, Wyatt (given name) · Wikipedia, Guy (given name) · Online Etymology Dictionary, Guy
Famous namesakes
- Wyatt Earp, American frontier lawman
Popularity abroad
- #38 United States, boys 2025 (same as 2024)
US Social Security Administration - #306 England and Wales, boys 2025
Office for National Statistics
Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.
Spellings
Wyatt · Wyat