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").
[1] The name is common from an early date in Wales and Yorkshire,[2][3] 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.” 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.