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Girl name origins & meanings
- Teutonic : Fierce protector
Girl name variations
Boy name origins & meanings
- Teutonic : Valiant protector
Boy name variations
How Popular Is The Name Will
Family name origins & meanings
- Scottish and northern English : from the medieval personal name Will, a short form of William, or from some other medieval personal names with this first element, for example Wilbert or Willard.
- English : topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, Middle English wille (from wiell(a), West Saxon form of Old English well(a) ‘spring’). The surname is found predominantly in the south and southwestern parts of the country.
- German : from a short form of any of the various Germanic personal names beginning with wil ‘will’, ‘desire’.