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Will
say it wil
What Will means
- English short form of William: resolute protector
How popular it is
Its use is falling over the last ten years.
- no. 292 in Northern Ireland (2025)
- no. 476 in Australia (2024)
- no. 499 in New Zealand (2023)
- no. 720 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
- no. 738 in Chile (2021)
- no. 1019 in Scotland (2025)
- no. 1176 in the US (2024)
- no. 1229 in France (2019)
In the United States it was most popular around 1880.
Names with a similar meaning
Liam William Alexander Ezra Joshua Alex Edward Isaiah Salvador Duarte Guilherme Alexis
Will in stories
- His Dark Materials: Will Parry, the boy who carries the Subtle Knife
- Me Before You: Will Traynor, the paralysed banker
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Will Turner, the blacksmith turned pirate
- Stranger Things: Will Byers, the boy taken to the Upside Down
- Will & Grace: Will Truman, the lawyer