wayne
/weɪn/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname originating as an occupation.
name
A male given name transferred from the surname.
name
A number of places in the United States, including:
name
A number of places in the United States, including:
name
A number of places in the United States, including:
name
A number of places in the United States, including:
name
A number of places in the United States, including:
Example Sentences
- ""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.""
- "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; what would I call my kids, Wayne and Tracey? Because I'm not worth it."
- "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 Association as a “personal piggy bank.”"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: wægen