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.
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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
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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
- Ar'Darius Washington (born 1999), American football player
- Arthur Lee Washington Jr. (born 1949), American fugitive
- 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
- Bryce Washington (born 1996), American basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Bushrod Washington (1762–1829), American judge
- Charles Washington (disambiguation), multiple people
- Claudell Washington (1954–2020), American baseball player
- Conor Washington (born 1992), Northern Irish footballer
- Craig Anthony Washington (born 1941), American politician
- Cullen Washington, Jr. (born 1972) American abstract painter.[3]
- 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
- Devante’ Washington (born 1994), American Sprinter
- 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
- Haleigh Washington (born 1995), American Olympic volleyball player
- 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
- Leona Ford Washington (1928–2007), Texas community activist
- Lorenzo Washington (1986–2021), American football player
- Lucy Hall Washington (1835–1913), American poet and social reformer
- Lynneice Washington, American lawyer and district attorney
- 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 Abdala (born 1959), Uruguayan politician
- Washington Sebastián Abreu (born 1976), Uruguayan football player
- Washington Bartlett (1824–1887), American politician
- Washington Beltrán Barbat (1885–1920), Uruguayan politician
- Washington Beltrán (1914–2003), Uruguayan politician, son of the former
- 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 Luís (1869–1957), the 13th President of Brazil
- Washington Olivera (born 1954), Uruguayan coach and former footballer
- Washington Roebling (1837–1926), American civil engineer
- 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
- 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. JSTOR 20083489.
- "Slumberland".
- McQuaid, Cate (2009-12-23). "Behind the mask of 'Hero's'". Boston.com. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
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