Wilks
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Wilks by the numbers
Wilks was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Wilks
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 Wilks. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Wilkes11 in the US (2017)
- Wellsone who lives by the wells or springs241 in the US (2017)
- Wileywater meadow; willow-lined stream143 in the US (2017)
- Willisresolute protector; a form of William47 in the US (2017)
- Willyresolute protector; a form of William26 in the US (2017)
- Wildewild or untamed3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Wilks
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