Meaning and Origin of: Wilder

English, German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Wild

Family name origins & meanings

  • English, German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Wild.
  • Thomas Wilder is recorded as a freeman of Charlestown, MA, in 1640. He had numerous prominent descendents.

Famous people with this last name

Gene Wilder