The name Waitt or other forms of the sur. name originated in old England as wyiat. My mother Barbra J. Waitt wife of the late William Edwin Waitt son of William Edward Waitt, found the name in an old church while visiting England after tracing the family roots. She worked very hard on this starting with what she could find here in the U.S. and working her way back to an indentured servant coming from England along time ago. My name is John Edward waitt and I am the direct decedent of the original Waitt family from the 1200's in England. I am from a family of 7 siblings. William, Susan, Nancy, Marian, Douglas, John and Sarah.