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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"). The name is common from an early date in Wales and Yorkshire, as well as Shropshire, England. P. H. Reaney, co author of the book A Dictionary of English Surnames, said “water was the normal medieval pronunciation of Walter. Theobald Walter is also called Theobaldus filius Walteri, Theobaldus Walteri and Tebaut Water in the Feet of Fines for Lancashire 1212-1236.”
Statistics
In the United States of America, Waters is the 429th most common surname, with an estimated 64,662 people. In New Zealand, Waters is the 350th most common surname, with an estimated 1,816 people. However, Waters is the 252nd most popular surname in Australia with an estimated 13,768 people, while the United Kingdom ranks Waters as the 381st most popular surname, with 16,725 people.
People surnamed Waters
= Military people
=Anna May Waters (1903–1987), Canadian military nurse
Daniel Waters (Minutemen) (1731–1816), officer in the United States Navy.
John K. Waters (1906–1989), former U.S. general, prisoner of war, and son-in-law of George S. Patton
Terence Edward Waters (1929–1951), British soldier awarded the George Cross
= Performers
=Crystal Waters (born 1964), American singer and songwriter
David Waters (actor) (born 1975), Australian actor
Derek Waters (born 1979), American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director
Dina Waters (born 1965), American actress
Doris Ethel Waters, better known as half of the comedy duo Gert and Daisy
Ethel Waters (1896–1977), American singer and actress
Florence Elsie Waters, better known as half of the comedy duo Gert and Daisy
Horace John Waters, the birth name of actor Jack Warner
Jeff Waters (born 1966), Canadian guitarist
John Waters (actor) (born 1948), Australian actor
McKinley Morganfield better known as Muddy Waters (1913–1983), American blues singer-songwriter and musician
Rhys Waters (born 1984), Welsh Canadian comedian, producer and director
Latanza Waters, house music singer
Roger Waters (born 1943), English rock bassist, vocalist and lyricist, co-founder of Pink Floyd
Russell Waters (1908–1982), Scottish film actor
= Politicians
=Anne Marie Waters (born 1977), founder of the far-right For Britain party
Charles A. Waters (1892–1972), American politician and judge
Chea Waters Evans, American politician from Vermont
Dan Waters, politician in Ontario, Canada
Larissa Waters (born 1977), Australian politician
Maxine Waters (born 1938), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Somerset R. Waters (1829–1919), American politician from Maryland
Stanley Waters (1920–1991), Canadian Senator
= Sportspeople
=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
Dominic Waters (born 1986), American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
Drew Waters (born 1998), American professional baseball player
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
Jake Waters (born 1992), American football player and coach
Joseph Waters (rugby union)
Katarina Waters (born 1980), English wrestler
Tremont Waters (born 1998), American basketball player
= Others
=Aaron C. Waters (1905–1991), American geologist
Allan Waters (1921–2005), Canadian businessman
Billie Waters (1896–1979), English artist
Craig Waters (born 1956), public information officer of the Florida Supreme Court
Daniel Waters (screenwriter) (born 1962), American screenwriter and film director, brother of Mark S. Waters
David Roland Waters, the killer of the American activist Madalyn Murray O'Hair
James Waters, Chairman of CHUM Limited
John Waters (disambiguation)
John Waters (columnist), Irish columnist
John S. Waters (1893–1965), American filmmaker who directed films from 1916 until 1958
John Samuel Waters, Jr. (born 1946), American filmmaker
Joseph Waters, composer
Keith Waters (born 1962), pioneer in facial animation
Lesley Waters (born 1961), English celebrity chef
Lou Waters, CNN anchor
Margaret Waters (1835–1870), English murderer
Mark Waters (born 1964), American film director
Mathew Waters (sound engineer), American sound engineer
Miriam Van Waters (1887–1974), American feminist social worker
Ralph M. Waters (1883–1979), American anesthesiologist
Richard Waters (1935–2013), American artist, inventor of Waterphone
Sarah Waters (born 1966), Welsh novelist
T. A. Waters, American writer fl. 1960s
People with the given name Waters
Waters W. Braman (1840–1893), New York politician
See also
Watters (surname)
Walters (surname)
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