Wilkes
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Wilkes by the numbers
Wilkes was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Wilkes
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Wilkes. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Wilks6 in the US (2017)
- Walkera fuller of cloth1,115 in the US (2017)
- Wilderwild; untamed; from an occupational surname505 in the US (2017)
- Wileywater meadow; willow-lined stream143 in the US (2017)
- Wilmerresolute and famous; wilful desire and mær renown81 in the US (2017)
- Willemresolute protector; a form of William55 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Wilkes
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