Waitman Family History
Waitman Name Meaning
English (Middlesex and Berkshire): variant of Weetman a patronymic from the Middle English personal name Wet(e)man Wat(e)man (Old English Hwætmann formed from hwæt ‘active bold brave’ + mann ‘man’). English (Lancashire): variant of Waithman an occupational name or status name from northern Middle English and Older Scots waithman (Old Norse veithimann the oblique stem of veithimathr) ‘hunter; forest outlaw’. The word is attested in Scottish writings of the 15th and 16th centuries with reference to the Biblical hunter Nimrod and to the legendary outlaw Robin Hood and his men.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022