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Wattie or Watty is a masculine given name or nickname, often a diminutive form of
Walter Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...
, and a surname. It may refer to:


Given name or nickname

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Walter Aitkenhead Walter Campbell Allison Aitkenhead (21 May 1887 – 19 July 1966) was a Scottish footballer who played for Partick Thistle, Blackburn Rovers and the Scotland national team. Aitkenhead was born in Maryhill, Glasgow and played just 4 matches f ...
(1887–1966), Scottish footballer * Walter Watty Allan (1868–1943), Scottish footballer * Walter Wattie Buchan (born 1957), Scottish punk rock lead vocalist and musician * Derrick
Watty Burnett Watty Burnett, also known as King Burnett (born Derrick Burnett in Port Antonio, Jamaica, 28 May 1950) is a reggae artist who had a long association with Lee Perry.Katz, David (2000) "People Funny Boy", Payback Press, Biography Burnett grew up ...
(born 1950), Jamaican reggae vocalist and musician * William Watson
Watty Clark William Watson Clark (May 16, 1902 – March 4, 1972) born in St. Joseph, Louisiana, was a baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians (1924), Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers (1927–33 and 1934–37) and New York Giants (1933–34). Clark finished ...
(1902–1972), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Wattie Cooper (), New Zealand footballer * Wharton Wattie Davies (1873–1961), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer * Peter Watt
Wattie Dick Peter Watt Dick (20 August 1927 – 22 December 2012) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward and a wing half in the Scottish and English football leagues. He was born in Newmains Newmains is a village and form ...
(1927—2012), Scottish footballer * Walter Wattie Dunphy (1896–1972), Irish hurler * Walter Watty Friend (1898–c. 1983), Australian rugby union player * Roscoe
Wattie Holm Roscoe Albert Holm (December 28, 1901 – May 19, 1950) was a Major League Baseball player. Holm played for the St. Louis Cardinals for seven seasons between and , missing the and seasons. Holm was a member of the Cardinals first World Series i ...
(1901–1950), American Major League Baseball player * Walter
Wattie Jackson Walter Darling Fleming "Wattie" Jackson (9 January 1898 – 1951) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a center forward. He spent five seasons in the Scottish Football League, at least one in the English Football League and two i ...
, Scottish footballer in the 1920s * Walter
Watty Keay Walter "Watty" Keay (16 January 1871 – 16 January 1943) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward for various clubs, including Partick Thistle in Scotland and Derby County and Southampton in England. His main cla ...
(1871–1943), Scottish footballer * Wyatt
Watty Lee Wyatt Arnold "Watty" Lee (1879-1936) was a Major League Baseball outfielder and pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, from until , for the Washington Senators and Pittsburgh Pirates. Lee broke into the major leagues with ...
(1879–1936), American Major League Baseball outfielder and pitcher * Watson
Watty Moore Watson Evans "Watty" Moore (30 August 1925 – 1967) was an English footballer for Hartlepool United. A one-club man, the centre-half held the all-time appearance record for Hartlepool for more than fifty years, making 472 starts for the club be ...
(1925–1967), English footballer * Walter Watty Shirlaw (born 1902), Scottish footballer * George Walter
Watty Wallace George Walter Gordon Wallace (16 January 1900 - 12 October 1964) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Wallace was born in Queensland, the son of Charles Wallace and his wife Minnie (née Collins). He was educated at ...
(1900–1964), Australian politician * Bill Watkins (1858–1937), sometimes known as "Wattie" or "Watty", Canadian-born Major League Baseball player, manager, executive and team owner *
Craig Watson (triathlete) Craig Robert Watson (born 2 June 1971 in Invercargill) is an athlete from the New Zealand, who competed in triathlon. Watson competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the G ...
(born 1971), New Zealand triathlete * Walter Wattie Wilson (1879–1926), Scottish footballer


Pen name

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Watty Piper ''The Little Engine That Could'' is an American folktale (existing in the form of several illustrated children's books and films) that became widely known in the United States after publication in 1930 by Platt & Munk. The story is used to teac ...
, a pen name of Arnold Munk, author of the best-known version of the children's story ''The Little Engine That Could''


Surname

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Harry Wattie Henry Benzie Wattie (3 June 1891 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian as a forward. Personal life Wattie was the youngest of five brothers and attended Boroughmui ...
(1893–1916), Scottish footballer *
James Wattie Sir James Wattie (23 March 1902 – 8 June 1974) was a New Zealand clerk, accountant, company manager, industrialist, philanthropist and race-horse owner. Wattie was born in Hawarden, New Zealand in 1902. In 1934, he founded food processing co ...
(1902–1974), New Zealand company manager, industrialist, philanthropist and race-horse owner, founder of Wattie's *
John Wattie John Wattie was Dean of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1948 to 1953. He was educated at King's College London and ordained in 1909. After curacies in Clapton Park and Aberdeen he held incumbencies in Kirkwall, Cambuslang, Dundee Dun ...
, Episcopalian Dean of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1948 to 1953 *
Nora Wattie Nora Wattie (1900–1994) MBChB (Aberdeen), DPH (Cambridge) was a pioneer of social medicine, setting up Glasgow’s internationally renowned ante-natal care service (both before and after the creation of the National Health Service). Throughou ...
(1900–1994), Scottish public health medicine and ante-natal pioneer


In fiction

* Bessie Watty and Mrs. Watty, characters in the play '' The Corn Is Green'' and its 1945 film adaptation


See also

* Watty, a nickname for the city of Watford, England *
Wattie's Heinz Wattie's Limited (or simply Wattie's) is a New Zealand-based food producer of frozen and packaged fruit, vegetables, sauces, baby food, cooking sauces, dressings and pet foods in the New Zealand market. History Founded in 1934 by Sir Jame ...
, an American-owned food processing company in the New Zealand market *
Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are literary awards presented annually in New Zealand. The awards began in 1996 as the merger of two literary awards events: the New Zealand Book Awards, which ran from 1976 to 1995, and the Goodman Fielder W ...
, presented from 1968 to 1993 * Wat (given name), another short form of Walter * George McWattie (1875–?), Scottish footballer * Watty Awards, a writing competition on Wattpad {{given name, type=both Masculine given names Hypocorisms Nicknames