<P> Wade is a surname . The English surname Wade has two derivations: a Middle English given name "Wade", itself derived from the Anglo - Saxon name "Wada"; the second derivation is from the word or place - name "wade", meaning a ford (Wade being applied either to one who lived near a ford, or in a settlement called Wade, e.g. Wade, Suffolk). </P> <P> Variants of this surname include Waide and Wadey, the latter a diminutive variant . There is also a documented relationship between Wade and Waythe, the latter derived by a variant form of "wade" meaning a ford, that being "wath"; there is likewise a relationship between Wade / Waythe and Ford / Forth . </P>

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