Wayne is an English surname that comes from the Old English waegn and described a "wagon maker" or cartwright. As a first name it owes almost everything to the actor John Wayne, born Marion Morrison, and was a top 100 name in America from the 1930s to the 1960s; hockey great Wayne Gretzky and Batman's Bruce Wayne keep it in view. Wayne was number 506 in the United States in 2000, 744 in 2015 and ranks 655 in 2025.