Boy · Old English
Willard
Say it: WIL-erd
Meaning
From an English surname, probably from Old English wil 'will' and heard 'hard, brave'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A surname-name common in America around 1900.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1910s
In the United States
- 78,332 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1915, about 1 in 294 boys
- 44 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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