A proper name, often used for places or people, derived from a location name meaning 'meadow of quivering aspens'. Most famously associated with Sir Walter Scott's novel series.
From Old English 'waefre' meaning 'wavering, restless' and 'leah' meaning 'meadow or clearing'. The name gained literary prominence through Scott's Waverley novels in the early 19th century.
This name carries the poetic image of aspen trees trembling in the wind across an open meadow. Scott's choice of this evocative place name helped establish the romantic literary tradition of using landscape-based titles.
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