# Wagstaff

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #64,828

## Definitions
1. A surname from Middle English.
2. An unincorporated community in Miami County, Kansas, United States.

## Etymology
From Middle English waggen (“to move up and down”) + staff (“staff, rod”), an occupational surname for an official who carried a staff.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wagstaff