Wayne

Proper noun

Wayne

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," Wayne said, "I never thought about it."1988, Elmore Leonard, Killshot, Arbor House, published 1989, →ISBN, page 145
   • 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 reckoned with. I wonder if this is my Reverse L'Oréal Syndrome kicking in again...2010, Sophie Hannah, A Room Swept White, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 102
3. A town in Kennebec County, Maine, named after Anthony Wayne.
4. A city, the county seat of Wayne County, Nebraska.
5. A township in Passaic County, New Jersey.
6. A town, the county seat of Wayne County, West Virginia.
7. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Wayne Township.