Willy - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Willy \wi(l)-ly\, also used as boy's name Willy, is a variant of Wilhelmina (Old German), and the meaning of Willy is "will helmet, protection".

The baby name Willy sounds like Willa, Jilly and Wally. Other similar baby names are Milly, Billy, Cilly, Gilly, Hilly, Lilly and Tilly.

Willy is an uncommon first name for women but a very common last name for both men and women (#36492 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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