Wade (surname)
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" meaning "to go", or as a habitational name from the Old English word "waed" meaning "ford".
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.
Notable people and fictional characters with the surname
A to E
- Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal
- April Wade, American actress and producer
- Arthur C. Wade, American lawyer and politician
- Arthur Edward Wade, British botanist, lichenologist and museum curator
- Barrington Wade, American football player
- Ben Wade, American baseball player
- Bernie L. Wade, American minister, President of the International Circle of Faith
- Betsy Wade, American journalist
- Brandon Wade, American businessman
- Bryan Wade, English footballer
- Christian Wade, English rugby player & American football player
- Claude Martin Wade, British political officer in India and Afghanistan
- Cory Wade, American Major League Baseball player
- Dallas Toler-Wade, American musician
- Dayton Wade, American football player
- Dean Wade, American basketball player
- Don Wade, American football coach and college athletics administrator
- Donald Wade, Baron Wade, British Liberal Party politician
- Doug Wade, Australian rules footballer
- Dwyane Wade, American basketball player
- Eddie Wade, Irish politician
- Edward Wade, American politician
F to J
- Gale Wade, American baseball player
- George Wade, British military commander
- Gloria Wade-Gayles, American academic and author
- Henry Wade, Texas lawyer and lead defendant in Roe v. Wade
- Henry Wade, pen name of British mystery writer Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet
- Henry Wade (surgeon), Scottish surgeon
- Herbert Wade (doctor), American doctor and researcher on leprosy
- Herby Wade, South African cricketer
- Hunter Wade, New Zealand diplomat
- James Wade, English darts player
- Jason Wade, singer/songwriter
- Jennie Wade, the only civilian casualty in the Battle of Gettysburg
- Jeremy Wade, British TV presenter and fishing author
- Jessey Wade, English suffragette and animal welfare campaigner
- Jim Wade, American football player
- John Wade (disambiguation), several people
- Joivan Wade, British actor
- Julian Wade, Dominican footballer
- Julie Marie Wade, American writer and professor or writing
K to O
- LaMonte Wade Jr., American baseball player
- Lillian Wade, British sculptor
- Lloyd Wade, English gospel and soul singer, vocal coach
- Logan Wade, Australian baseball player
- Madeline Wade, American physicist
- Mark Wade, American retired basketball player
- Martin Joseph Wade, U.S. Democratic Representative from Iowa
- Mary Wade, British convict transported to Australia aboard the Lady Juliana in 1790
- Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade, American writer
- Mary Wade (paleontologist), Australian paleontologist
- Matthew Wade, Australian cricketer
- Melancthon S. Wade, Union Army general
- Morgan Wade (singer), American singer
- Ned Wade (hurler), Irish hurler
- Nicholas Wade, US science writer and author
- Nicholas J. Wade, British vision researcher and historian of vision
- Oulton Wade, Baron Wade of Chorlton, British politician and businessman
P to T
- Paul Wade, Australian footballer
- Peter Wade, British anthropologist
- Rachel Wade, American murderer
- Rebekah Wade, English journalist
- Reg Wade, English footballer
- Robert Wade (disambiguation), multiple people
- Rosalind Wade, British novelist
- Scott Wade, Australian rules footballer
- Shaun Wade (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sidney Wade, American poet
- Silas A. Wade, American politician
- Stephen Wade (politician), Australian politician
- Ted Wade (disambiguation), multiple people
- Terence Wade, English academic and linguist
- Thomas Wade (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tobías Wade, Argentine rugby union player
- Tomás Wade, Argentine field hockey player
- Tyler Wade, American baseball player
U to Z
- Virginia Wade, tennis player from the United Kingdom
- Wallace Wade, American college sports coach
- Wayne Wade, Jamaican reggae musician
- Willoughby Francis Wade, British physician