Wayne

proper noun

1. 1

   A surname originating as an occupation.

2. 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."

   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.”

3. 3

   A number of places in the United States, including: A town in Kennebec County, Maine, named after Anthony Wayne.

4. 4

   A number of places in the United States, including: A city, the county seat of Wayne County, Nebraska.

5. 5

   A number of places in the United States, including: A township in Passaic County, New Jersey.

6. 6

   A number of places in the United States, including: A town, the county seat of Wayne County, West Virginia.

7. 7

   A number of places in the United States, including: A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Wayne Township.