Wade

English
"at the river crossing"

Wade Origin and Meaning

The name Wade is a boy's name of English origin meaning "at the river crossing".

Wade has never been outside the US Top 1000 for boys - there's a reason for that. It has a clean spelling, fresh sound and is neither too trendy (unlike Kade or Cade) or too old-school (like Richard or Albert). We think Wade is a winning name.

# 341 in the US

Wade Rank in US Top 1000

# 429 on Nameberry

Wade Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Wade Popularity

Famous People Named Wade

  • Wade Anthony Boggs
    American baseball player
  • Wade Hampton
    American Civil War general and politician from South Carolina
  • Wade Leon Smith
    American football player
  • Wade Allen Miley
    American baseball player
  • Wade Imre Morissette
    Canadian musician; twin sister Alanis Morissette
  • Wade Davis
    Canadian anthropologist and author
  • Wade Davis
    MLB pitcher
  • Wade Barrett (born Stuart Alexander "Stu" Bennett)
    English professional wrestler
  • Wade Andrew Williams
    American actor
  • Wade Langham
    son of singer Rita MacNeil and David Langham
  • Wade Stormonth
    Darling (b. 2011), son of actress Honeysuckle Weeks and Lorne Stormonth,Darling
  • Wade Wall Upham (b. 2016)
    son of Cate Edwards and Trevor Upham; grandson of politician John and Elizabeth Edwards
  • Henry Wade
    legendary former District Attorney of Dallas, Texas, famous for Roe v. Wade
  • Wade Robson
    Australian dancer and choreographer

Wade in Pop Culture

  • Wade Kingsley
    main character in the film "Pardners"
  • Wade Winston Wilson aka Deadpool
    Marvel Comics character
  • Wade Kinsella
    character on TV's "Hart of Dixie"
  • Wade
    Genius character in animated series "Kim Possible"
  • Wade "Cry
    baby" Walker, Johnny Depp's character in movie "Cry,Baby"
  • Wade "Unique" Adams
    character on TV's "Glee"
  • Wade Hampton Hamilton
    son of Scarlett O'Hara and Charles Hamilton in "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell
  • Wade the Duck
    character in comic strip "U.S. Acres" and TV's Garfield and Friends
  • Wade Watts
    main character of the novel "Ready Player One"
  • Wade Eiling
    character on TV's "The Flash"
  • Wade
    word meaning to walk in shallow water