Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
WASP
As described in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
WASP. A sobriquet applied to a choleric or spiteful person. Waps (A-Sax. ccpps, a wasp), is also found as a surname.