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English painter and writer (1882–1957)
Percy Wyndham Lewis (18 November 1882 – 7 March 1957) was a Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic. He was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement
Wyndham_Lewis
Topics referred to by the same term
Wyndham Lewis may refer to: Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957), English artist and writer Wyndham Lewis (politician) (1780 – 1838), British MP whose widow
Wyndham Lewis (disambiguation)
Wyndham_Lewis_(disambiguation)
British politician
Wyndham Lewis (7 October 1780 – 14 March 1838) was a British politician and a close associate of Benjamin Disraeli, whom his widow married after his death
Wyndham_Lewis_(politician)
British journalist, author and biographer (1891–1969)
Dominic Bevan Wyndham Lewis FRSL (9 March 1891 – 21 November 1969) was a British journalist, author and biographer, known for his humorous newspaper articles
D._B._Wyndham_Lewis
Coffeehouse in London, England
artist Wyndham Lewis first met Sturge Moore, brother of the philosopher G. E. Moore, at the Vienna Café around 1902; the men became great friends. Lewis was
Vienna_Café
American poet and critic (1885–1972)
published the book Hitler, by Pound's friend Wyndham Lewis, with translated fragments of Mein Kampf. Lewis later turned against fascism. Tim Redman (2001):
Ezra_Pound
Group of column writers
titled 'By the Way'. The name Beachcomber was then passed to D. B. Wyndham Lewis in 1919 and, in turn, to J. B. Morton, who wrote the column till 1975
Beachcomber_(pen_name)
British artistic movement active in 1920
part. Six – Jessica Dismorr, Frederick Etchells, Cuthbert Hamilton, Wyndham Lewis, William Roberts and Edward Wadsworth – were joined by the sculptor
Group_X
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868; 1874–1880)
In 1839 Disraeli married Mary Anne Lewis, the widow of Wyndham Lewis. Twelve years Disraeli's senior, Mary Lewis had a substantial income of £5,000 a
Benjamin_Disraeli
Anglo-American writer, teacher, and translator (1926–2010)
Pound was the author of Arabic & Persian Poems (1970) and co-author of Wyndham Lewis: A Descriptive Bibliography (1978). He also wrote poems of his own and
Omar_Pound
English writer (1894–1984)
married Jane Wyndham-Lewis (ex-wife of the one-time 'Beachcomber' columnist D. B. Wyndham-Lewis, no relation to the artist Wyndham Lewis); they had two
J._B._Priestley
British painter and milliner
Lechmere (13 October 1887 – February 1976) was a British painter who with Wyndham Lewis was the co-founder of the Rebel Art Centre in 1914. As far as is known
Kate_Lechmere
1918 novel by Wyndham Lewis
Tarr is a modernist novel by Wyndham Lewis, written in 1907–11, revised and expanded in 1914–15 and first serialized in the magazine The Egoist from April
Tarr
Welsh painter (1878–1961)
of Augustus John was dawning." In the second volume of BLAST, Percy Wyndham Lewis wrote, referring to John, that the ten years up to 1914 had been "the
Augustus_John
1938 painting by Wyndham Lewis
Portrait of T. S. Eliot is a 1938 painting by Wyndham Lewis, depicting the US-born British writer T. S. Eliot. It received publicity when it was rejected
Portrait_of_T._S._Eliot
1939 painting by Wyndham Lewis
portrait of the American poet Ezra Pound, made by his friend Wyndham Lewis in 1939. Lewis began as an avant-garde painter and became friends with Pound
Ezra_Pound_(Lewis)
English painter (1885–1959)
Slade School of Art and was a contemporary of Wyndham Lewis. In 1912 he collaborated with Wyndham Lewis on decorations for the Cave of the Golden Calf
Cuthbert_Hamilton
1930 novel by Wyndham Lewis
The Apes of God is a 1930 novel by the British artist and writer Wyndham Lewis. It is a satire of London's contemporary literary and artistic scene. The
The_Apes_of_God
Vorticist magazine
year later on 15 July 1915. Both editions were written primarily by Wyndham Lewis. The magazine is emblematic of the modern art movement in England, and
Blast_(British_magazine)
Name list
Wyndham is an English name. Notable people with the name include: Wyndham (surname), listing Wyndham Albery (1882–1940), British politician and accountant
Wyndham_(name)
1934 film by Alfred Hitchcock
compilation. The story is credited to Bennett and D. B. Wyndham Lewis. Bennett claimed that Lewis had been hired to write some dialogue that was never used
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)
The_Man_Who_Knew_Too_Much_(1934_film)
Family of sans-serif typefaces
weight, and its companion oblique. Early users of "Grot No. 9" include Wyndham Lewis's 1914 avant-garde magazine Blast. It returned to popularity from the
Grotesque (Stephenson Blake typefaces)
Grotesque_(Stephenson_Blake_typefaces)
Painting by Wyndham Lewis
Siege of Barcelona, is an oil on canvas painting by the British artist Wyndham Lewis, from 1934-1937. It is held at the Tate galleries. The painting shows
The_Surrender_of_Barcelona
British modernist art movement formed in 1914
London-based modernist art movement formed in 1914 by the writer and artist Wyndham Lewis. The movement was partially inspired by Cubism and was introduced to
Vorticism
Painting by Wyndham Lewis
A Battery Shelled is a 1919 painting by the English artist Wyndham Lewis. It depicts a scene from the Western Front of World War I. It was commissioned
A_Battery_Shelled
World War I depicted in popular culture
painter Wyndham Lewis was appointed as an official war artist for both the Canadian and British governments, beginning work in December 1917 after Lewis participated
World War I in popular culture
World_War_I_in_popular_culture
South African poet (1901–1957)
poets. Among his early fruitful contacts were C. S. Lewis, William Walton, the Sitwells, and Wyndham Lewis. He also began to drink heavily, and continued to
Roy_Campbell_(poet)
1964 memoir by Ernest Hemingway
Passos, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Ford Madox Ford, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Pascin, Ezra Pound, Evan Shipman, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas,
A_Moveable_Feast
Welsh cricketer (1940–2026)
David Wyndham Lewis (18 December 1940 – 11 May 2026) was a Welsh cricketer active from 1960 to 1973 who played for Glamorgan and Transvaal. Lewis was born
David Lewis (cricketer, born 1940)
David_Lewis_(cricketer,_born_1940)
Wife of British Prime Minister
Bristol, Mary married Wyndham Lewis, MP (1780–1838), a colleague of Benjamin Disraeli. In August 1839, the year following Lewis's death, she married Disraeli
Mary_Anne_Disraeli
1920s group of aristocratic socialites
Sylvia Townsend Warner Evelyn Waugh Rex Whistler Sunday Wilshin Olivia Wyndham Henry Yorke The following is a list of the Bright Young Things, their friends
Bright_young_things
English painter
Slade, yet only really making a real aesthetic leap when he met up with Wyndham Lewis. In 1911 he had met Fanny Mary Eveleigh – a professional violinist and
Edward_Wadsworth
Poet, essayist and playwright (1888–1965)
Joyce whenever he was in Paris. Eliot and Wyndham Lewis also maintained a close friendship, leading to Lewis's later making his well-known portrait painting
T._S._Eliot
Canadian philosopher and communications scholar (1911–1980)
doctoral thesis of modernist writer Sheila Watson on the subject of Wyndham Lewis. Hoping to keep him from moving to another institute, the University
Marshall_McLuhan
English painter
vorticist period was capable of conversing easily with artists such as Wyndham Lewis whom she met at her mother's salon. Olivia realised her 27-year-old
Dorothy_Shakespear
Works that are experimental or innovative
Fascism. Avant-garde figureheads like the American poet Ezra Pound, Wyndham Lewis, and the Italian futurist F.T Marinetti and their alliances with twentieth
Avant-garde
Surname list
Calvinist and writer Warren Lewis (1895–1973), brother of C. S. Lewis Wendy Lewis (born 1962), Australian author Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957), American-British
Lewis_(surname)
1912 painting by Giacomo Balla
painting to be anathema to the Vorticist aesthetic of British painter Wyndham Lewis, who criticized Futurism for its "romantic excess" and dynamism. However
Dynamism_of_a_Dog_on_a_Leash
British gag cartoon comic strip series
Angela's Prince Charming (1952; text by Timothy Shy, pen-name for D. B. Wyndham Lewis) Souls in Torment (1953) In the 1950s, a series of St Trinian's comedy
St_Trinian's_School
English writer, heiress and political activist (1896–1965)
the 20th century's most distinguished writers and artists, including Wyndham Lewis, Aldous Huxley, Tristan Tzara, Ezra Pound and Louis Aragon—who were
Nancy_Cunard
British writer and poet
was first published in The New Age. She also had love affairs with Wyndham Lewis and Amedeo Modigliani. Beatrice Hastings was born in London but grew
Beatrice_Hastings
French writer and humanist (died 1553)
France gave lectures on Rabelais in Argentina. John Cowper Powys, D. B. Wyndham-Lewis, and Lucien Febvre (one of the founders of the French historical school
François_Rabelais
English painter and illustrator (1885–1939)
Oxford Street to demonstrate she would do anything Lewis asked of her. Dismorr and Wyndham Lewis fell out in 1925 when she refused to purchase some drawings
Jessica_Dismorr
British artist, author and soldier (1896–1948)
God, Richard Wyndham is portrayed satirically by Lewis as the character Richard Whittingdon. In response Wyndham offered two of Lewis's paintings for
Richard_Wyndham_(painter)
Group of English Post-Impressionist artists
Pissarro (the son of French Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro), Wyndham Lewis, Walter Bayes, J. B. Manson, Robert Bevan, Augustus John, Henry Lamb
Camden_Town_Group
Painting by Wyndham Lewis
Edith Sitwell made by Wyndham Lewis. It was begun in 1923 and finished in 1935. It is in the collection of the Tate galleries. Lewis' portrait shows Edith
Edith_Sitwell_(Lewis)
Welsh family
Norman lines, embedding the Lewis family within the bloodline descending from the Conqueror. Wyndham Lewis, a member of the Lewis family of Van, played a
Lewis family of Van, Glamorganshire
Lewis_family_of_Van,_Glamorganshire
English humorous writer (1893–1979)
promoted to assistant editor, and D. B. Wyndham Lewis (the literary editor) took the column over. Like Morton, Wyndham Lewis had also served in the ranks in the
J._B._Morton
also a poet. He was an admirer of Wyndham Lewis and wrote the first critical book on him, published in 1932. Lewis portrayed Porteus as the character
Hugh_Gordon_Porteus
Modernist art movement
Castle (1926) Alfred Döblin (1878–1957): Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929) Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957) Djuna Barnes (1892–1982): Nightwood (1936) Malcolm Lowry
Expressionism
Artistic and political publication, 1840-1929
Remy de Gourmont, Ford Maddox Ford, Gaston Lachaise, D. H. Lawrence, Wyndham Lewis, Vachel Lindsay, Mina Loy, Thomas Mann, Henry McBride, George Moore
The_Dial
1914 poem by F. T. Marinetti
CRW Nevinson on drums, a group of disgruntled vorticists, including Wyndham Lewis, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and Jacob Epstein interrupted the performance
Zang_Tumb_Tumb
Paranormal sight of the future
ISBN 0-85117-191-5. Inglis (1986), Chapter on "Precognition" Inglis (1985), p.89 Wyndham Lewis; "You Broke My Dream", The Wild Body: A Soldier of Humour and Other
Precognition
British politician and banker (1779–1858)
Charles James Barnett, Wyndham Lewis Preceded by George Simson Egerton Brydges Succeeded by Benjamin Disraeli Wyndham Lewis Personal details Born (1779-08-01)1
Abraham_Wildey_Robarts
Romanian Jewish-American publisher and editor
book of charges of obscenity. In addition to writers like Gene Fowler, Wyndham Lewis, Clifford Odets, and Nathanael West, their key author was John Steinbeck
Pascal_Covici
English painter and critic (1866–1934)
artists Wyndham Lewis, Frederick Etchells, Edward Wadsworth and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska who would later, following a quarrel between Fry and Wyndham Lewis with
Roger_Fry
English painter (1889–1946)
radical writer and artist Wyndham Lewis, who founded the short-lived Rebel Art Centre. However, Nevinson fell out with Lewis and the other 'rebel' artists
C._R._W._Nevinson
Venue for a variety show of music and theatrical revue
writers and artists, with decorations by Jacob Epstein, Eric Gill, and Wyndham Lewis, but it rapidly came to be seen as an amusing place for high society
Cabaret
The Wild Body is a series of short stories by Wyndham Lewis that appeared in English and American publications between 1917 and 1922. Nine short stories
The_Wild_Body
British soldier and politician (1807–1884)
Parliament for Aldeburgh In office May 1829 – 8 December 1832 Preceded by Wyndham Lewis Succeeded by Constituency abolished Personal details Born (1807-02-03)3
Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington
Arthur_Wellesley,_2nd_Duke_of_Wellington
Topics referred to by the same term
Tarr is a modernist novel by Wyndham Lewis. Tarr may also refer to: Béla Tarr (1955–2026), Hungarian film director and screenwriter Ben Tarr (born 1994)
Tarr_(disambiguation)
Painting by Wyndham Lewis
abstract painting by the British artist Wyndham Lewis. It is an example of Vorticism, a modern art movement Lewis created. It was first exhibited in March
The_Crowd_(Lewis)
Design enterprise founded by members of the Bloomsbury Group
and Duncan Grant produced designs for Omega, and Wyndham Lewis was initially part of the operation. Lewis, however, split off at an early stage, taking with
Omega_Workshops
Private collection of artworks
Hermes Damien Hirst Ivon Hitchens Peter Howson Leon Kossoff Peter Lanyon Wyndham Lewis[unreliable source?] Memphis Milano Henry Moore Odd Nerdrum Winifred
David_Bowie's_art_collection
1933 film directed by Ivar Campbell
Anne Grey, Anthony Kimmins and Frank Cellier. It was written by D.B. Wyndham-Lewis and Pamela Frankau based on a story by Lady Troubridge. The film was
The_Golden_Cage_(1933_film)
London in the 1920s, including Aldous Huxley, John Middleton Murry, Wyndham Lewis, Aleister Crowley and T. S. Eliot. Sullivan fictionalized his origins
J._W._N._Sullivan
British painter, designer and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879–1961)
included contributions from artists such as Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Wyndham Lewis and Frederick Etchells. Although they received several commissions,
Vanessa_Bell
Chaliapin Fernand Léger Man and Woman Still Life with a Beer Mug Wyndham Lewis – Mr Wyndham Lewis as a Tyro Sir Bertram Mackennal – Bronze equestrian statue
1921_in_art
American writer (born 1968)
91-page-long senior thesis titled "A Study of Thomas Stearns Eliot and Wyndham Lewis." She earned a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1993. Cain worked
Susan_Cain
1938 book by Ezra Pound
Scheiwiller. A supporter of Benito Mussolini, Pound congratulates his friend Wyndham Lewis in the book for having "discovered" Adolf Hitler. "I hand it to him
Guide_to_Kulchur
1937 autobiography by Wyndham Lewis
painter, novelist, and satirist Percy Wyndham Lewis. It was published in 1937. It was in this work that Lewis first identified the critically oft-mentioned
Blasting_and_Bombardiering
Purely acoustic dramatized performance
England), Thursday, May 14, 1953; p. 815; Issue 1263. "The Human Age"", Wyndham Lewis. The Listener (London, England), Thursday, June 2, 1955; p. 976 "A Kind
Radio_drama
Western literary movement, originating in the late 19th century
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1919), Povratak Filipa Latinovicza (1932); Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957): Tarr (1918); Hope Mirrlees (1887–1978): Paris: A Poem (1919);
Literary_modernism
French philosopher (1859–1941)
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Martin Heidegger, Julien Benda, T. S. Eliot, Wyndham Lewis, Wallace Stevens (though Stevens also praised him in his work "The Necessary
Henri_Bergson
English painter
London artistic circle, which included D. H. Lawrence, the Sitwells and Wyndham Lewis, but for most of his life lived with the painter and gardener Cedric
Arthur_Lett-Haines
Novel series by M. John Harrison
the art of Aubrey Beardsley, post-Impressionist art, Mervyn Peake and Wyndham Lewis. The short fiction of the Viriconium sequence replays the attrition
Viriconium
Gustav Matoš (1873–1914) D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957) Clarice Lispector (1920–1977) Federico García Lorca
List_of_modernist_writers
Italian poet (1876–1944)
a long editorial. However, although a number of artists, including Wyndham Lewis, were interested in the new movement, only one British convert was made
Filippo_Tommaso_Marinetti
British artist (1860–1942)
avant-garde artists Lucien Pissarro, Jacob Epstein, Augustus John and Wyndham Lewis. At the same time Sickert founded, with other artists, the Camden Town
Walter_Sickert
Painting by William Roberts
location for the literary circles around Augustus John, Wyndham Lewis and Nancy Cunard, which through Lewis included the Vorticists. As Richard Cork has noted
The Vorticists at the Restaurant de la Tour Eiffel, Spring 1915
The_Vorticists_at_the_Restaurant_de_la_Tour_Eiffel,_Spring_1915
British painter (1888-1958)
Winifred Gill, Frederick Etchells and his sister Jessica, mixing with Wyndham Lewis, William Roberts and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. Family responsibilities
Gladys_Hynes
1956 single by Bill Haley & His Comets
the early 1960s. O'Keefe, Paul (2001). Some Sort of Genius: A Life of Wyndham Lewis. New York: Random House. Retrieved 8 January 2022. Hung, Steffen. "Bill
See_You_Later,_Alligator
Night club in London, England
Russian Ballet-inspired murals, with contributions by Jacob Epstein and Wyndham Lewis; Eric Gill designed the club's motif, a phallic Golden Calf, symbol
The_Cave_of_the_Golden_Calf
British novelist and translator (1868–1944)
was in touch with major modernist figures, and a patron of Wyndham Lewis's The Tyro. Lewis "repaid" the support by satirising Schiff as Lionel Kein in
Stephen_Hudson
American publisher (1912–1996)
He also published paperback editions of literary works by novelist Wyndham Lewis and poets T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. In 1954, Regnery published McCarthy
Henry_Regnery
Overview of the art of England
Modernism's most controversial English talent was writer and painter Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957). He co-founded the Vorticist movement in art, and after
English_art
Canadian novelist, critic and teacher (1909–1998)
doctoral studies at the University of Toronto, writing her thesis on Wyndham Lewis under the direction of Marshall McLuhan. Unusually, she was older than
Sheila_Watson_(writer)
American biographer, literary, art and film critic
Ernest Hemingway, love letters by Hemingway, and literary manuscripts by Wyndham Lewis, Ezra Pound, and Roy Campbell. Meyers has had 33 works translated into
Jeffrey_Meyers
American medical comedy-drama series
9 "Have You Met Ms. Jones?" Daisy von Scherler Mayer Liz Brixius & Wyndham Lewis May 23, 2011 (2011-05-23) 0.601 Following Bill's death, Jackie has run
List_of_Nurse_Jackie_episodes
English poet, writer, critic and naturalist (1905–1985)
including those of John Craxton, Barbara Hepworth, Augustus John, Wyndham Lewis, Henry Moore, Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson, John Piper, and Graham Sutherland
Geoffrey_Grigson
British writer (1901–1980)
Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Neil Gaiman, Michael Chabon, Harlan Ellison, Wyndham Lewis, and Paul Theroux.[citation needed] He appears to have given few interviews
John_Collier_(fiction_writer)
1938 novel by Lawrence Durrell
Wyndham Lewis would 'have it in for him', because of the 'portrait' of Lewis in The Black Book. Durrell replied that he had never met Wyndham Lewis.
The Black Book (Durrell novel)
The_Black_Book_(Durrell_novel)
Genre of literature
Charles Schribner's Sons, 1902. The Nonsensibus, Compiled by D. B. Wyndham Lewis. London: Methuen, 1936 O, What Nonsense!, selected by William Cole,
Literary_nonsense
1910 play by John Masefield
time are reflected there too. Spotting its ambivalence of purpose, Wyndham Lewis commented on the play in the year of its publication that the author
The Tragedy of Pompey the Great
The_Tragedy_of_Pompey_the_Great
Defunct British magazine
Holtby, Cicely Hamilton, Octavia Wilberforce, Storm Jameson, C. S. Lewis, Wyndham Lewis, Rose Macaulay, Naomi Mitchison, Eric Newton, George Orwell, Elizabeth
Time_and_Tide_(magazine)
British painter (1895–1980)
Art Gallery in Nottingham). After leaving Omega he was taken up by Wyndham Lewis, who was forming a British alternative to Futurism. Ezra Pound had suggested
William_Roberts_(painter)
British translator (1876–1949)
husbands. Through her relationship with Ford she also socialised with Wyndham Lewis, Stephen Crane and Henry James. In 1925 she became involved in trying
Elsie_M._Hueffer
British writer
There is a portrait of Tangye at the Tate gallery, that was painted by Wyndham Lewis in 1945. 1935: The Air is our Concern: a critical study of England's
Nigel_Tangye
Typeface classification for letterforms without serifs
1841 The first section of the avant-garde magazine Blast, published by Wyndham Lewis in 1914, used a condensed grotesque to give an impression of modernity
Sans-serif
Play by Shakespeare
story, "The Three Strangers" (1883). The English artist and writer Wyndham Lewis produced one work of art, a portfolio of drawings titled "Timon of Athens"
Timon_of_Athens
WYNDHAM LEWIS
WYNDHAM LEWIS
Surname or Lastname
English (but most common in Wales)
English (but most common in Wales) : from Lowis, Lodovicus, a Norman personal name composed of the Germanic elements hlod ‘fame’ + wīg ‘war’. This was the name of the founder of the Frankish dynasty, recorded in Latin chronicles as Ludovicus and Chlodovechus (the latter form becoming Old French Clovis, Clouis, Louis, the former developing into German Ludwig). The name was popular throughout France in the Middle Ages and was introduced to England by the Normans. In Wales it became inextricably confused with 2.Welsh : from an Anglicized form of the personal name Llywelyn (see Llewellyn).Irish and Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lughaidh ‘son of Lughaidh’. This is one of the most common Old Irish personal names. It is derived from Lugh ‘brightness’, which was the name of a Celtic god.Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. William Lewis was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Male
Arthurian
, father of Teithi.
Girl/Female
Scottish
From the narrow passage.
Boy/Male
Celtic Welsh
Mythical son of Gwynham.
Boy/Male
English
Wyman's Town; from the windy village. Famous Bearer: British writer John Wyndham.
Boy/Male
Anglo, Australian, British, English
From the Windy Village; Wyman's Hamlet; Hamlet Near the Winding Way
Surname or Lastname
English (Kent)
English (Kent) : habitational name from a place identified by Reaney as Wadham in Knowstone, Devon.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Woodham.
Male
Arthurian
, son of Gwynham.
Boy/Male
Anglo, Australian, British, English
Wyman's Town; From the Windy Village
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Suffolk so called.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Oates.John Otis emigrated from England in 1631 to Hingham, MA; he had many prominent descendants. His great grandson, James Otis (1725–83), was a Boston lawyer who played a major role in the development of opposition to the British crown and the establishment of the Fourth Amendment. Another descendant was Elisha Graves Otis (1811–61), inventor of the elevator, who was born on his father’s farm at Halifax, Windham Co., VT.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Wyndham in West Sussex, near West Grinstead, probably named from an unattested Old English personal name Winda + Old English hamm ‘water meadow’; or from Wymondham in Leicestershire and Norfolk, named from the Old English personal name WÄ«gmund (see Wyman) + Old English hÄm ‘homestead’. The name de Wyndem is found in Westmorland as early as 1284, and the surname may additionally derive from some unidentified place in northern England.Irish (Connacht) : Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Ó GaoithÃn ‘descendant of GaoithÃn’ (see Gahan).
Boy/Male
Celtic
Mythical father of Teithi.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places in different parts of England, named in Old English with ripel ‘strip of land’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.William Ripley (d. 1656) came from Wymondham, Norfolk, England, to Hingham, MA, in 1638.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a variant of Wingham, a habitational name from Wingham, a place in Kent named from an unattested Old English personal name Wiga or Old English wÄ«g ‘heathen temple’ + -inga- ‘of the family or followers of’ + hÄm ‘homestead’, i.e. ‘homestead of Wiga’s people’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places named Woodham. Most, as for example those in Essex and Surrey, are named from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + hÄm ‘homestead’; one in Buckinghamshire, however, probably has as its second element Old English hamm ‘water meadow’, and one in County Durham is from wudum, the dative plural of wudu, originally used after a preposition.
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : variant spelling of Windham.
Male
English
English form of French Louis, LEWIS means "famous warrior."Â
Boy/Male
English
From the windy viIlage.
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