Willie Forename
2,690th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 385,904 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Vanuatu
Willie Forename Definition:
WILLY. Except in Scotland, now rather avoided by men as a diminutive of William; Bill has, since ca. 1880, been, among men, by far the most popular pet-name form, as in C20 it is among women of the middle and upper classes; Willie is now reserved mainly for children.
Read More About This ForenameWillie Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 85% | 294,749 | 1:1,230 | 265 |
| South Africa | 98% | 16,073 | 1:3,393 | 647 |
| Philippines | 97% | 14,583 | 1:7,269 | 1,088 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 14,420 | 1:565 | 63 |
| Zambia | - | 4,999 | 1:3,172 | 514 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 4,279 | 1:3,605 | 598 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,764 | 1:7,170 | 778 |
| Malawi | 98% | 3,279 | 1:5,219 | 756 |
| Canada | 97% | 3,182 | 1:10,413 | 1,195 |
| Nigeria | 88% | 2,958 | 1:60,029 | 4,095 |
| Netherlands | 86% | 2,783 | 1:6,073 | 874 |
| Liberia | 95% | 2,294 | 1:1,923 | 306 |
| Ireland | 99% | 1,661 | 1:2,796 | 365 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 1,643 | 1:18,533 | 1,898 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1,538 | 1:170 | 14 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,171 | 1:496 | 95 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,085 | 1:4,931 | 483 |
| England | 100% | 1,060 | 1:52,456 | 2,443 |
| New Zealand | - | 892 | 1:5,085 | 708 |
| Kenya | 93% | 727 | 1:63,696 | 3,995 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 679 | 1:44,480 | 2,759 |
| Australia | - | 619 | 1:22,064 | 1,500 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 477 | 1:45,305 | 3,055 |
| Botswana | 100% | 448 | 1:4,876 | 824 |
| Brazil | 100% | 410 | 1:522,527 | 16,873 |
| Jamaica | - | 388 | 1:7,431 | 966 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 371 | 1:28,117 | 2,329 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| DR Congo | 72% | 247 | 1:298,897 | 11,934 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 242 | 1:1,065,966 | 64,983 |
| Poland | 100% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Singapore | 100% | 234 | 1:26,868 | 4,300 |
| Fiji | - | 230 | 1:3,880 | 1,022 |
| Germany | 100% | 197 | 1:490,751 | 5,233 |
| Namibia | - | 186 | 1:12,926 | 1,421 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 180 | 1:26,489 | 1,586 |
| China | - | 156 | 1:8,756,768 | 59,528 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 154 | 1:23,054 | 967 |
| Peru | 100% | 153 | 1:207,787 | 5,349 |
| Mexico | 98% | 141 | 1:880,457 | 7,607 |
| Hong Kong | - | 121 | 1:64,072 | 2,600 |
| India | 98% | 109 | 1:11,145,669 | 322,875 |
| Egypt | 67% | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| Bahamas | - | 96 | 1:4,160 | 716 |
| Ecuador | - | 95 | 1:186,599 | 3,322 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 94 | 1:19,608 | 972 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 89 | 1:267,075 | 20,735 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 82 | 1:196,444 | 3,026 |
| Colombia | 100% | 81 | 1:589,863 | 8,496 |
| Panama | 100% | 76 | 1:51,402 | 3,385 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Honduras | 100% | 70 | 1:125,964 | 3,653 |
| Chile | 100% | 68 | 1:258,930 | 4,213 |
| Uganda | 91% | 67 | 1:611,297 | 13,002 |
| Belgium | 100% | 63 | 1:182,382 | 4,694 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 63 | 1:21,610 | 2,489 |
| Thailand | 92% | 59 | 1:1,187,556 | 40,507 |
| Wales | 100% | 55 | 1:56,260 | 1,840 |
| Afghanistan | 95% | 53 | 1:615,538 | 9,347 |
| Sweden | 89% | 49 | 1:201,182 | 6,996 |
| Norway | 100% | 48 | 1:106,924 | 3,383 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| El Salvador | - | 45 | 1:140,929 | 2,487 |
| Guam | - | 45 | 1:3,570 | 683 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 45 | 1:133,741 | 4,096 |
| France | 100% | 35 | 1:1,899,153 | 11,366 |
| Denmark | - | 33 | 1:171,197 | 4,043 |
| Micronesia | - | 33 | 1:3,227 | 418 |
| South Korea | - | 33 | 1:168,013 | 6,906 |
| Belize | 100% | 30 | 1:11,810 | 1,655 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 29 | 1:6,132 | 984 |
| Ivory Coast | 57% | 28 | 1:824,140 | 25,997 |
| Malta | - | 28 | 1:15,334 | 1,292 |
| Lesotho | 95% | 27 | 1:75,555 | 7,054 |
| American Samoa | - | 26 | 1:2,148 | 357 |
| Qatar | 100% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Spain | 100% | 26 | 1:1,789,614 | 11,088 |
| Barbados | - | 25 | 1:11,592 | 1,168 |
| Brunei | 100% | 25 | 1:16,783 | 1,060 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 23 | 1:2,295,144 | 22,303 |
| Japan | - | 22 | 1:5,817,548 | 29,011 |
| Austria | 100% | 21 | 1:405,438 | 4,185 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:2,562 | 386 |
| Guyana | 100% | 19 | 1:40,172 | 4,023 |
| Iraq | - | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Greece | 100% | 16 | 1:683,409 | 7,898 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 15 | 1:547,566 | 8,396 |
| Italy | 100% | 14 | 1:4,361,578 | 21,991 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 13 | 1:8,442 | 1,163 |
| Oman | - | 12 | 1:342,389 | 4,330 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 11 | 1:1,650 | 272 |
| Russia | 100% | 10 | 1:14,423,370 | 48,053 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 10 | 1:715,199 | 24,449 |
| Vietnam | - | 10 | 1:9,262,311 | 4,040 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Argentina | 100% | 9 | 1:4,752,583 | 12,276 |
| Kiribati | - | 9 | 1:12,599 | 256 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Uruguay | - | 6 | 1:571,273 | 6,582 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Bolivia | - | 4 | 1:2,650,351 | 4,903 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Finland | 71% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Israel | 93% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Willié (1) are calculated separately.
Willie (49,267) may also be a surname.
Willie Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
WILLY. Except in Scotland, now rather avoided by men as a diminutive of William; Bill has, since ca. 1880, been, among men, by far the most popular pet-name form, as in C20 it is among women of the middle and upper classes; Willie is now reserved mainly for children. During the war of 1914-18, Big Willie and Little Willie were, in the wake of a series of cartoons in The Daily Mirror, the British soldiers’ names for the Kaiser and the Crown Prince.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Willie Forename Popularity
Willie Demographics
Average Male Willie Height
176.16 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 4,663 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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