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Wyett

Gender
Boy
Say it
WY-et
Origin
Old English

Wyett is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “brave in war”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Wyett mean?

Old English: spelling variant of Wyatt, from Wigheard

“brave in war”

Wyatt began as a surname from the medieval name Wyot, from Old English Wigheard.

Is Wyett a girl's or a boy's name?

Wyett is a boys' name.

How popular is Wyett in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Wyett in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

1996Busiest: 28 in 20132024
Wyett in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20246#10,930
20230–
20227#9,815
202112#6,693
20206#10,599
20199#8,209
201813#6,341
201717#5,293
201616#5,551
201523#4,293
201417#5,248
201328#3,659
201215#5,714
201117#5,196
201020#4,676
200918#5,100
200825#4,041
200718#4,994
200616#5,299
200512#6,220
200415#5,241
200313#5,551
20028#7,636
20017#8,332
20000–
19990–
19985#9,623
19970–
19967#7,129

Nicknames for Wyett

Names like Wyett

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Wyett: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wyett, updated 20 October 2026.