Updated February 1, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Teutonic : Bold resolve
  • Teutonic : Valiant protector

Boy name variations

William

William

- 7% this year
Masculine
Common
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Wil

Wil

+ 50% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Will

Will

- 12% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Willem

Willem

- 28% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wilhelm

Wilhelm

+ 32% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wilmos

Wilmos

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wilmot

Wilmot

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wilson

Wilson

+ 5% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Williams

Williams

- 13% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Williamson

Williamson

0 % this year
Masculine
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Wills

Wills

- 58% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Willie

Willie

+ 8% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Willy

Willy

0 % this year
Neutral
Rare
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Wiley

Wiley

- 7% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wyley

Wyley

0 % this year
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Wilkie

Wilkie

0 % this year
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Rare
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Willkie

Willkie

0 % this year
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Wilkes

Wilkes

- 19% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wylkes

Wylkes

0 % this year
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Willis

Willis

- 29% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wilton

Wilton

- 5% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wilmer

Wilmer

+ 3% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wilmar

Wilmar

+ 22% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Winton

Winton

+ 20% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Wilford

Wilford

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Guillaume

Guillaume

0 % this year
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Guillermo

Guillermo

- 4% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Vilhelm

Vilhelm

0 % this year
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Vilem

Vilem

0 % this year
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Viliam

Viliam

0 % this year
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Vasili

Vasili

+ 80% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Vasily

Vasily

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Uilleam

Uilleam

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Uilliam

Uilliam

- 29% this year
Masculine
Rare
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How Popular Is The Name Willard

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements wil ‘will’, ‘desire’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.
  • Probably an Americanized form of the German cognate Willhardt (see Willert).
  • Simon Willard (1605–76) came from Horsmonden, Kent, England, to Boston, MA, in 1634. In that year he became one of the founders of Cambridge, MA, and the following year (1635) was a founder of Concord, MA. Twenty years later, in 1659, he was a founder of Lancaster, MA. Simon Willard was involved in numerous confrontations with the native American Indians, in particular in King Philip’s War of 1675–76. He had seventeen children and was the ancestor of many prominent Americans.

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