Waters (name)

Waters is a surname, derived from "Wat", or "Wa'ter", an old pronunciation of Gaultier or Walter, and similarly derived from the surname Watson ("Wat's son").^[1] The name is common from an early date in Wales and Yorkshire.^[2][3] The name is currently highly concentrated in the Welsh Borders and Shropshire area of the UK.^[4]

People surnamed Waters

• Alice Waters (born 1944), American chef
• Allan Waters (1921–2005), Canadian businessman
• Anthony Waters (born 1985), American football linebacker
• Beau Waters (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
• Ben Waters (1904–1962), New Zealand rower
• Brian Waters (born 1977), American football guard
• Carole Waters, retired Australian basketball player
• Craig Waters (born 1956), public information officer of the Florida Supreme Court
• Charlie Waters (born 1948), American footballer
• Crystal Waters (born 1964), American singer/songwriter
• Dan Waters, a politician in Ontario, Canada
• Daniel Waters (Minutemen) (1731–1816), officer in the United States Navy.
• Daniel Waters (screenwriter) (born 1962), American screenwriter and film director, brother of Mark S. Waters
• David Waters (Australian actor)
• David Roland Waters, the killer of the American activist Madalyn Murray O'Hair
• Dina Waters (born 1965), American actress, also known as Dina Spybey
• Ethel Waters (1896–1977, American blues vocalist and actress
• Fraser Waters (born 1976), South African footballer
• Guy Waters, Australian boxer of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s
• Harry Waters (s. 1976), British piano and Hammond organ player
• Huw Waters (born 1986), Welsh cricketer
• James Waters, Chairman of CHUM Limited
• Jeff Waters (born 1966), Canadian guitarist
• John Waters (disambiguation):
  • John Waters (columnist), Irish columnist
  • John S. Waters (1893–1965), American filmmaker who directed films from 1916 until 1958
  • John K. Waters (1906–1989), former U.S. General, prisoner of war, and son-in-law of George S. Patton
  • John Samuel Waters, Jr. (born 1946), American filmmaker
  • John Waters (actor) (born 1948), Australian actor
• Joseph Waters
• Katarina Waters (born 1980), English wrestler
• Keith Waters (born 1962), pioneer in facial animation
• Latanza Waters, house music singer
• Lesley Waters (born 1961), English celebrity chef
• Lou Waters, CNN anchor
• Margaret Waters (1835–1870), English murderer
• Mark Waters (director) (born 1964), American film director
• Mark AJ Waters (Irish Director)
• Maxine Waters (born 1938), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Miriam Van Waters (1887–1974), American feminist social worker
• Morgan Waters (born 1981), Canadian actor
• Muddy Waters (1913–1983), American blues musician
• Patty Waters, jazz vocalist
• Richard Waters (1935–2013), American artist, inventor of Waterphone
• Roger Waters (born 1943), English rock bassist and lyricist, most notably of Pink Floyd
• Ron Waters, director and Vice President of CHUM Limited
• Russell Waters (1908–1982), Scottish film actor
• Sarah Waters (born 1966), British novelist
• Stanley Waters (1920–1991), Canadian Senator
• T.A. Waters, American writer fl. 1960s
• Terence Edward Waters (1929–1951), British soldier awarded the George Cross

People with the given name Waters

• Waters W. Braman (1840–1893), New York politician

See also

• Walters (surname)
• Watters (disambiguation)
• Water (disambiguation)

References

1. J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps Life of William Shakespeare 1912 Page 110 "Gaultier or Walter, which it is, I care not: Never did base dishonor blur our name, But with our sword we wiped away the blot; 40 Therefore, when ... “Walter,” pronounced Water; a pronunciation still traceable in the surname Waters.—"
2. Zimmerman, Waters and allied families - Page 45 Dorothy Edmonstone Zimmerman Allen - 19?? - The name Waters is found at an early period both in Wales and in Yorkshire Eng.,
3. One Waters family: some descendants of James Waters Jeanne Waters Strong - 1980 "... name Waters is found early in Wales and Yorkshire."
4. Surname distribution