Wight Forename

459,598th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 359 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Dominica

Wight Forename Definition:

A Scandinavian name, meaning: Agile.

Wight Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt
100%
2821:325,89010,093
United States
56%
 
591:6,144,69571,999
England-31:18,534,307106,915
Nigeria
50%
 
21:88,782,180420,186
Philippines
100%
21:53,004,738452,678
Brazil-11:214,236,154864,335
Canada-11:33,133,372113,810
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
India
100%
11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Italy-11:61,062,09083,289
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Thailand-11:70,065,813391,235
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731

Wight (15,050) may also be a surname.

Wight Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Scandinavian name, meaning: Agile.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Wight Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weight91278/
Whight917/
Waight914/
Wightt911/
Wieght911/
D'Wight832/
Bight8023/
Weght802/
Wyght801/
Vight801/
Wheights772/
D'Weight771/
Voight7362/
Whyght732/
Waiget732/
Weyght731/
Buight731/
Beight731/
Boight731/
Weighed67144/
Waigeet677/
Wigd677/
Voights672/
Wegehet671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wight