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Meaning of the nameWillames

Willames is a spelling of the name Wilames.

Meaning

The meaning of Willames is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
3,586
Rank in Brazil
#3,446
Median age
28 years
2010 Census
2,920
people

Willames in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Willames, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (1,152 people).

0 women 3,569 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 Willames is most common

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

  1. Alagoas 0.034%
  2. Sergipe 0.015%
  3. Pernambuco 0.012%
  4. Paraíba 0.005%
  5. Piauí 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pernambuco1,1270.012%
Alagoas1,0560.034%
Sergipe3200.015%
Paraíba1890.005%
São Paulo1490.000%
Pará1220.002%
Piauí1070.003%
Maranhão840.001%
Amazonas710.002%
Bahia630.000%
Ceará630.001%
Minas Gerais410.000%
Rio de Janeiro330.000%
Goiás290.000%
Mato Grosso270.001%
Rio Grande do Norte270.001%
Roraima210.003%

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

The spelling Willames

Spelling with a double LL, the most common in the group.

About the name Wilames

Both spellings begin with Wil-, a name-forming element that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes as a probable fragment of traditional names of English origin, such as William and Wilson, with an element from Gothic wilja, 'will'. The origin of the ending -ames and of the spellings themselves is uncertain. They are almost always male names, and most of the people were born in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,041 people named Wilames and 3,586 named Willames. Proportionally, both are most common in Alagoas.

Other spellings of Wilames

SpellingPeople (2022)
Willames3,586
Wilames2,041

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (WIL-, WILI-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Willames

What does the name Willames mean?

The meaning of Willames is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Willames in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,586 people with the first name Willames, which ranks it number 3,446 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Willames is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,569 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Willames most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.034% of the state's population is named Willames (1,056 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Willames?

Wilames. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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