Joivan Wade

Joivan Wade is an English actor who first appeared in the BBC comedy Big School, before starring in teen drama Youngers on E4. He is a YouTube sensation with the hit online comedy series Mandem On The Wall and appeared in the Doctor Who Series 8 episode Flatline as Rigsy, a young graffiti artist who helped save the world. On 10 June 2015, it was announced that Wade would return as Rigsy in the Doctor Who Series 9 episode Face the Raven. Wade later joined the cast of BBC soap opera EastEnders in February 2016 as Jordan Johnson, taking over the role from Michael-Joel David Stuart.

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Wade

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Wade (surname)

Wade is a surname. The English surname Wade has two derivations: a Middle English given name "Wade", itself derived from the Anglo-Saxon name "Wada"; the second derivation is from the word or place-name "wade", meaning a ford (Wade being applied either to one who lived near a ford, or in a settlement called Wade, e.g. Wade, Suffolk).

Notable people with the surname include:

Wade (folklore)

Wade (from the Old English Wada), is the English name for a common Germanic mythological character who, depending on location, is also known as Vadi (Norse) and Wate (Middle High German).

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The earliest mention occurs in the Old English poem Widsith. According to the Þiðrekssaga, he was born between king Vilkinus and a mermaid. His famous son is Wayland, and grandson Wudga. Though not explicitly given as such, Egil and Slagfin may be Wade's sons, since they are Wayland's brothers according to the Poetic Edda.

The medieval English romance about Wade once existed, for Chaucer alluded to the "Tale of Wade" in one of his works, Troilus and Criseyde and used the phrase "Wade's boat" (Middle English: Wades boot), meaning some sort of trickery, in The Merchant's Tale. The tale and the boat was apparently familiar, at the end of 16th century, to an editor of Chaucer's works Thomas Speght, who remarked that Wade's boat bore the name Guingelot. To the Angles, Wade was the Keeper of the Ford, and acted as both ferryman and protector.