Wilde
For other uses, see Wilde (disambiguation).
| Wilde | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
| Meaning |
"high spirited, a leader"; "a person worth of high respect, dictator"; (descriptive) "person who has attained a higher form"; "from an area of educated beings: a classist" (residential) |
| Region of origin | England |
| Language(s) of origin | Old English |
| Related names | Whilde, Wylde, Wyldes, Weald, Weild, Weld, Welds, Wyeld, Wield |
| Footnotes: Frequency Comparisons[1] | |
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Wilde is a surname, and may refer to:
In academia
- Henry Wilde (engineer) (1833–1919), British engineer and inventor of the self-energizing dynamo
- Winston Wilde, American sexologist
In the arts
- Andrew Wilde (pianist) (born 1965), English classical pianist
- Andrew Wilde (actor), English actor
- Barbie Wilde (born 1960), Canadian actress
- Brian Wilde (1927–2008), British actor
- Cornel Wilde (1915–1989), American actor and film director
- Danny Wilde (musician) (born 1956), American musician and founding member of The Rembrandts
- David Wilde (born 1935), British pianist and composer
- Hagar Wilde (1905–1971), screenplay writer
- James Plaisted Wilde, Baron Penzance (1816–1899), British judge, Shakespeare Baconian, rose-breeder and amateur gardener
- Jane Francesca Agnes, Lady Wilde (1821–1896), Irish political activist, poet, folklorist, mother of Oscar Wilde
- Jinian Wilde, British singer, part of Uniting Nations and other musical projects
- John Wilde (1919–2006), American painter associated with Magic Realism
- Kim Wilde (born 1960), British pop singer, gardener, and pop culture figure
- Liz Wilde (born 1971), American radio personality
- Marty Wilde (born 1939), British rock and roll singer and actor, father of Kim and Ricky Wilde
- Nurit Wilde (born 1971), Israeli-born photographer, socialite, and occasional actress
- Olivia Wilde (born 1984), American actress
- Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Irish writer
- Patrick Wilde, British television, stage and screen writer
- Ricky Wilde (born 1961), British songwriter, musician, record producer, landscape gardener
- Ted Wilde (1893–1929), comedy writer and director of silent movies
- Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro (1782–1858), Lord Chancellor of England
- Wilbur Wilde (born 1955), Australian saxophonist
- William Wilde (1815–1876), Irish eye and ear surgeon, writer on medicine, archaeology and folklore, father of Oscar Wilde
Politicians
- Eduardo Wilde (1844–1913), Argentine politician, writer, and physician
- Fran Wilde (born 1948), New Zealand politician
- John Wilde (1590–1669), English lawyer and politician
- Louis J. Wilde (1865–1924), American banker and Republican politician
In sports
- Jimmy Wilde (1892–1969), Welsh world boxing champion
- Walter Wilde (1908–1968), Somerset cricketer
- Erin Wilde (1992-current), Noranda Wolves Football Club Champion
Other
- Dorothy Wilde (1895–1941), Anglo-Irish socialite
- Danny Wilde from the 1971 TV series The Persuaders!
- Frankie Wilde, fictional character in the mockumentary It's All Gone Pete Tong
- Henry Tingle Wilde (1872–1912), English chief officer on the RMS Titanic
- Michael Wilde (born 1952), English businessman
See also
Notes
- ↑ "Wilde Surname at Forebears". Forebears. Retrieved 2015-01-03.