Wayne

Proper noun

1. A surname originating as an occupation.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • "My Dad wanted to name me Mats." "But your Mom won," Carmen said, "and named you after a movie star. Moms get away with murder. Mine, you probably think, named me after the girl in the opera." "Tell you the truth,"...
   • Marcella and Nathaniel. Now I know their names. I haven't thought much about having children, but if I did, I wouldn't give them names like that. They're the sort of names you choose if you think you're someone to be...
   • The testimony of Wayne LaPierre, in the waning days of his long tenure as head of one of the nation’s most powerful lobbying groups, could highlight a New York civil trial alleging top officials used the National Rifle...
3. A town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States, named after Anthony Wayne.
4. A city, the county seat of Wayne County, Nebraska, United States.
5. A town, the county seat of Wayne County, West Virginia, United States.
6. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Wayne Township.