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The ancient Scottish people known as the Boernicians were the first to utilize wright (Old English "wyrhta") to describe a worker- specifically, a woodworker, a carpenter, or a craftsman. The Wright surname is recorded to have held a family seat at Berwickshire, an ancient county of Scotland.

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The surname Wainwright comes from England. It means "maker of wagons."

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