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.
The word became a surname in 1183 when William de Hertburn took the name William de Wassyngtona. In 1657 the name came to Virginia; from 1789 to 1797 George Washington was president. Since this time the given name spread throughout the USA 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.
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), homonymsAugustine Washington (1694–1743), Virginian planter, father of George WashingtonBooker T. Washington (1856–1915), American civil rights leader, educator and authorBushrod Washington (1762–1829), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesClaudell Washington (born 1954), American baseball playerConor Washington (born 1992), English association football player representing Northern IrelandCraig Anthony Washington (born 1941), American politicianDennis Washington (born 1934), American businessmanDenzel Washington (born 1954), American actorDinah Washington (1924–1963), American singerEric Washington (born 1974), American basketball playerFredi Washington (1903–1994), American actressGeno Washington (born 1943), American singerGrover Washington, Jr. (1943–1999), American jazz saxophonistHarold Washington (1922–1987), American politicianHenry Stephens Washington (1867–1934), American geologistHerb Washington (born 1951), American sprinter and baseball playerIsaiah Washington (born 1963), American actorJack Washington (1910–1964), American jazz saxophonistJay Washington (born 1981), Filipino-American basketball playerJoe Washington (born 1953), American football playerJohn David Washington (born 1984), American football playerJohn P. Washington (1908–1943), Roman Catholic priest and lieutenant in the US ArmyJustine Washington (born 1940), American singerKeith Washington (born 1960), American singerKelley Washington (born 1979), American football playerKermit Washington (born 1951), American basketball playerKerry Washington (born 1977), American actressLawrence Washington (1602–1655), English rector, great-great-grandfather of George WashingtonLawrence Washington (1659–1698), Virginian planter, grandfather of George WashingtonLawrence Washington (1718–1752), Virginian soldier, half-brother of George WashingtonLeona Ford Washington (1928–2007), Texas community activistMartha Washington (1731–1802), American first lady, wife of George WashingtonMaliVai Washington (born 1969), American tennis playerMashona Washington (born 1976), American tennis playerPatrice Washington (born 1961), Bahamian airplane pilotMegan Washington (born 1986), Australian singer-songwriterNed Washington (1901–1976), American lyricistRico Washington (born 1978), American baseball playerRon Washington (born 1952), American baseball manager and playerSabrina Washington (born 1978), British singer-songwriterTaylor Washington, American soccer playerTyree Washington (born 1976), American sprinterU L Washington (born 1953), American baseball playerWalter Washington (1915–2003), American politicianWilliam Washington (1752–1810), American soldierWilliam D. Washington (1833–1870), American painterWilliam Henry Washington (1813–1860), American politicianWashington 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 pioneerGeorge Washington Carver (1864–1943), American scientist and inventorWashington Sebastián Abreu (born 1976), Uruguayan football playerWashington Abdala (born 1959), Uruguayan politicianWashington Beltrán Barbat (1885–1920), Uruguayan politicianWashington Beltrán (1914–2003), Uruguayan politician, son of the formerWashington Bartlett (1824–1887), American politicianWashington Benavides (born 1930), Uruguayan poet and musicianWashington Bushnell (1825–1885), American politicianWashington Stecanela Cerqueira (born 1975), Brazilian football playerWashington Duke (1820–1905), American industrialistWashington Irving (1783–1859), American authorWashington Olivera (born 1954), Uruguayan coach and former footballerWashington Roebling (1837–1926), American civil engineerWashington Luís Pereira de Sousa (1869–1957), the 13th President of BrazilWashington César Santos (1960–2014), Brazilian football playerWashington Silva (disambiguation), several peopleWashington Silva (boxer), Brazilian boxer who participated in OlympicsOscar Washington Tabárez (born 1947), manager of the Uruguayan national football teamWashington Tais (born 1972), Uruguayan footballer