Wooster: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Wooster – Meaning: fort of the Weogorna people – Origin: Old English – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: WUWS-ter


Wooster is an Old English boy's name meaning “fort of the Weogorna people”. It appears in our list of 175+ State-Inspired Baby Names as American as They Come.

Meaning & Origin of Wooster

Meaning: Fort of the Weogorna people.

Origin: Old English.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Wooster

Phonetic: WUWS-ter   IPA: /ˈwʊstər/

Popularity of Wooster

Wooster doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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