Waverly

WAVE-er-lee

English

"meadow of quivering aspens"

Waverly Origin and Meaning

The name Waverly is a girl's name of English origin meaning "meadow of quivering aspens".

Waverly, with its literary resonance and lilting three-syllable sound, could well become the next generation's successor to Kimberly. Its upper-crusty surname feel places it among the new stylish English names for girls, successors to Ashley and Whitney.

Spelled Waverley, this is the title of Sir Walter Scott's popular 1814 novel, whose hero is a young English soldier named Edward Waverley (it's believed that Scott named the novel after the model of pen he used to write it). Spelled the more streamlined way, Waverly is the name of the daughter of Buttercup and Wesley in The Princess Bride and a memorable character in The Joy Luck Club, who was named by her Chinese mother for the San Francisco street on which the family lived.

Waverly Place in Greenwich Village was named for the Scott novel in 1833--dropping the second 'e', and was the setting of the teen show The Wizards of Waverly Place, as well as Don Draper's bachelor pad in Mad Men, as well as a character on Friday Night Lights.

Waverly Rank in US Top 1000

# 880 in the US

Waverly Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1336 on Nameberry

Waverly Popularity

• 880 US 2023
• 1336 Nameberry 2024
• 631 Future 2028

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Famous People Named Waverly

• Waverly Elaine Scott Kaffaga daughter of actor Zachary Scott and stepdaughter of John Steinbeck

Waverly in Pop Culture

• Waverly Grady Smash's girlfriend on "Friday Night Lights"
• Waverly Jong character in "The Joy Luck Club"
• "Wizards of Waverly Place " American Disney TV show
• Waverly Hills Sanatorium historical tuberculous hospital in Louisville, KY
• Waverly Place famous street in NYC
• Waverly Desimara a secondary character in "The Essence of Fear" trilogy by Leigh Kenyon
• Waverly Earp a main character on SyFy's "Wynonna Earp"
• Waverly character in the "Sky Chasers" series by Amy Kathleen Ryan"
• Waverly Boyle character in video game "Dishonored"