Washington (name)

Washington (/ˈwɒʃɪŋtən/) is a male given name and a surname. It most frequently refers to George Washington (1732–1799), the first President of the United States of America.

Origin and dissemination

The name itself is a name of origin and refers to place names in England, such as Washington, Tyne and Wear, from which the ancestors of George Washington are said to have come.[1]

The word became a surname in 1183 when William de Hertburn took the name William de Wassyngtona.[2] In 1657 the name came to Virginia; from 1789 to 1797 George Washington was president. Since this time the given name spread throughout the US as patriotic. In addition to a genealogical origin of the name, it is also (as with Abraham Lincoln and other persons associated with abolition of slavery in America) a favored assumed name of freed slaves and thus a widely spread surname of their progeny in the black population of the USA.

The name appears also as a male given name, often as a second or third name in honor of George Washington.

Family name

Washington

Washington, Tyne and Wear, England
Origin
Meaning	Derived from the English place name
Region of origin	England

The surname historically derived from the English place name.

• George Washington (1732–1799), American general and statesman; first president of the United States (1789–1797)
  • George Washington (name), homonyms
• Adolphus Washington (born 1994), American football player
• Augustine Washington (1694–1743), Virginian planter, father of George Washington
• Booker T. Washington (1856–1915), American civil rights leader, educator and author
• Broderick Washington Jr. (born 1997), American football player
• Bushrod Washington (1762–1829), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Charles Washington (disambiguation), multiple people
• Claudell Washington (1954–2020), American baseball player
• Conor Washington (born 1992), English association football player representing Northern Ireland
• Craig Anthony Washington (born 1941), American politician
• Daryl Washington (born 1986), American football player
• Dennis Washington (born 1934), American businessman
• Denzel Washington (born 1954), American actor
• Dinah Washington (1924–1963), American singer
• Eric Washington (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fredi Washington (1903–1994), American actress
• Geno Washington (born 1943), American singer
• Grover Washington Jr. (1943–1999), American jazz saxophonist
• Harold Washington (1922–1987), American politician
• Henry Stephens Washington (1867–1934), American geologist
• Herb Washington (born 1951), American sprinter and baseball player
• Isaiah Washington (born 1963), American actor
• Jack Washington (1910–1964), American jazz saxophonist
• James Washington (wide receiver) (born 1996), American football player
• Jay Washington (born 1981), Filipino-American basketball player
• Joe Washington (born 1953), American football player
• John David Washington (born 1984), American football player
• John P. Washington (1908–1943), Roman Catholic priest and lieutenant in the US Army
• John Washington (disambiguation)
• Justine Washington (born 1940), American singer
• Kamasi Washington (born 1981), American jazz saxophonist
• Keith Washington (born 1960), American singer
• Kelley Washington (born 1979), American football player
• Kenny Washington (basketball), American basketball player and coach
• Kermit Washington (born 1951), American basketball player
• Kerry Washington (born 1977), American actress
• Lawrence Washington (1602–1652), English rector, great-great-grandfather of George Washington
• Lawrence Washington (1659–1698), Virginian planter, grandfather of George Washington
• Lawrence Washington (1718–1752), Virginian soldier, half-brother of George Washington
• L'Damian Washington (born 1991), American football player
• Lynneice Washington, lawyer and district attorney
• Leona Ford Washington (1928–2007), Texas community activist
• Lucy Hall Washington (1835–1913), American poet and social reformer
• Martha Washington (1731–1802), American first lady, wife of George Washington
• MaliVai Washington (born 1969), American tennis player
• Mashona Washington (born 1976), American tennis player
• Patrice Washington (born 1961), Bahamian airplane pilot
• P. J. Washington (born 1998), American basketball player
• Megan Washington (born 1986), Australian singer-songwriter
• Ned Washington (1901–1976), American lyricist
• Richard Washington (born 1955), American basketball player
• Rico Washington (born 1978), American baseball player
• Ron Washington (born 1952), American baseball manager and player
• Sabrina Washington (born 1978), British singer-songwriter
• Sydney Magruder Washington, American ballet dancer
• Taylor Washington, American soccer player
• Tyree Washington (born 1976), American sprinter
• U L Washington (born 1953), American baseball player
• Walter Washington (1915–2003), American politician
• William Washington (1752–1810), American soldier
• William D. Washington (1833–1870), American painter
• William Henry Washington (1813–1860), American politician

Given name

Washington as a male given name is derived from the surname. It is particularly popular in the United States and South America, evoking the memory of George Washington.

• George Washington Bush (1779–1863), American soldier and pioneer
• George Washington Carver (1864–1943), American scientist and inventor
• Washington Sebastián Abreu (born 1976), Uruguayan football player
• Washington Abdala (born 1959), Uruguayan politician
• Washington Beltrán Barbat (1885–1920), Uruguayan politician
• Washington Beltrán (1914–2003), Uruguayan politician, son of the former
• Washington Bartlett (1824–1887), American politician
• Washington Benavides (born 1930), Uruguayan poet and musician
• Washington Bushnell (1825–1885), American politician
• Washington Stecanela Cerqueira (born 1975), Brazilian football player
• Washington Duke (1820–1905), American industrialist
• Washington Irving (1783–1859), American author
• Washington Olivera (born 1954), Uruguayan coach and former footballer
• Washington Roebling (1837–1926), American civil engineer
• Washington Luís (1869–1957), the 13th President of Brazil
• Washington César Santos (1960–2014), Brazilian football player
• Washington Silva (disambiguation), several people
  • Washington Silva (boxer), Brazilian boxer who participated in Olympics
• Washington Sundar (born 1999), Indian cricketer
• Óscar Washington Tabárez (born 1947), manager of the Uruguayan national football team
• Washington Tais (born 1972), Uruguayan footballer

See also

• Washington (disambiguation), other meanings including place names (in modern times, mostly named after George Washington)
• All pages beginning with Washington

References

1. Neill, Edward D.; Washington, John; Orme, Robert (1892). "The Ancestry and Earlier Life of George Washington". The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 16 (3): 261–298. ISSN 0031-4587.
2. http://slumberland.org/gene/wc02/ps02_354.htm