# Wyman

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #40,092

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.
2. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in McLean County, Kentucky, United States.
4. An unorganized territory in Franklin County, Maine, United States.

## Etymology
* As an English surname, from the Old English personal name Wīġmund, composed of the elements wīġ (“war, battle”) + mund (“security, protection”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Weimann. Compare Wiman.

## Easily confused with
- **wynn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wyman-vs-wynn)
- **wan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wan-vs-wyman)
- **wean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wean-vs-wyman)
- **women** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/women-vs-wyman)
- **woman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woman-vs-wyman)
- **Wigan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wigan-vs-wyman)
- **Wuhan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wuhan-vs-wyman)
- **womans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/womans-vs-wyman)
- **Waxman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waxman-vs-wyman)

## Common misspellings (8)
`wmyan`, `wwyman`, `wyamn`, `wymann`, `wymman`, `wymna`, `wyyman`, `ywman`

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