Wyman
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WY-mun
- Origin
- Old English
Wyman is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “war + protection”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Wyman mean?
Old English: surname from the Old English personal name Wigmund
“war + protection”
From an English surname derived from the Old English personal name Wigmund.
Is Wyman a girl's or a boy's name?
Wyman is a boys' name.
How popular is Wyman in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1922, with 63 boys. It first appears in the records in 1898.
Half of all the boys named Wyman in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wyman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 26 | #1,872 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,927 |
| 1972 | 23 | #1,871 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,525 |
| 1970 | 25 | #1,742 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | 24 | #1,613 |
| 1967 | 30 | #1,387 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1965 | 29 | #1,428 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,235 |
| 1963 | 32 | #1,374 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,294 |
| 1961 | 33 | #1,387 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,294 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,181 |
| 1958 | 44 | #1,162 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,317 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,055 |
| 1955 | 45 | #1,104 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,168 |
| 1953 | 57 | #949 |
| 1952 | 52 | #993 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,051 |
| 1950 | 49 | #988 |
| 1949 | 47 | #1,012 |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,106 |
| 1947 | 52 | #983 |
| 1946 | 43 | #1,045 |
| 1945 | 42 | #986 |
| 1944 | 46 | #949 |
| 1943 | 43 | #1,018 |
| 1942 | 45 | #991 |
| 1941 | 49 | #905 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,107 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 1938 | 41 | #992 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,094 |
| 1936 | 42 | #949 |
| 1935 | 46 | #930 |
| 1934 | 42 | #982 |
| 1933 | 40 | #1,013 |
| 1932 | 47 | #952 |
| 1931 | 50 | #910 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,330 |
| 1929 | 36 | #1,154 |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,165 |
| 1927 | 42 | #1,098 |
| 1926 | 41 | #1,108 |
| 1925 | 45 | #1,022 |
| 1924 | 54 | #952 |
| 1923 | 53 | #941 |
| 1922 | 63 | #863 |
| 1921 | 61 | #890 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,004 |
| 1919 | 45 | #1,009 |
| 1918 | 33 | #1,211 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,092 |
| 1916 | 41 | #998 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,342 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 21 | #689 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 10 | #951 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
Names like Wyman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Wyman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wyman, updated 20 October 2026.