Meaning of the nameWill

Will is a male name of English origin, a short form of William, which comes from Germanic and joins 'will' and 'helmet'.

Meaning

“short form of William, from will ('will') and helm ('helmet, protection')”

Source: Wiktionary: William · Behind the Name: William

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People (2022): 1,497
Rank in Brazil: #6,278
Median age: 29 years
2010 Census: 1,013; people

Will in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Will, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (349 people).

24 women 1,473 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Will is most common

States with the highest share of people named Will in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Ceará 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%
Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	276	0.001%
Minas Gerais	106	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	103	0.001%
Ceará	103	0.001%
Pará	98	0.001%
Goiás	97	0.001%
Pernambuco	81	0.001%
Amazonas	69	0.002%
Maranhão	66	0.001%
Paraná	62	0.001%
Bahia	55	0.000%
Distrito Federal	50	0.002%
Paraíba	42	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	39	0.000%
Santa Catarina	37	0.001%
Mato Grosso	34	0.001%
Espírito Santo	31	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	28	0.001%
Alagoas	21	0.001%
Piauí	18	0.001%
Tocantins	17	0.001%
Sergipe	16	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	15	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Will

Wiktionary defines Will as a reduction of William and, less often, of other names beginning with Wil-; Behind the Name describes it as a short form of William and of names beginning with Will. William comes from Germanic, from an old form that combines the elements 'will' (will) and 'helmet, protection' (helm). The Portuguese form of William is Guilherme, according to Behind the Name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,497 people named Will, with a median age of 29; proportionally, it is most common in Ceará. It is almost always a male name, with records in every decade of birth from 1960 to 2020 to 2022.

Sources

Wiktionary: Will · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: William · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Will · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: William · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Will

What does the name Will mean?

Will means “short form of William, from will ('will') and helm ('helmet, protection')”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Will in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,497 people with the first name Will, which ranks it number 6,278 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Will a boy's or a girl's name?

Will is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 24 women and 1,473 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Will?

Will is a name of English and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Will most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.001% of the state's population is named Will (103 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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