Willah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Willah by the numbers
Willah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Willah
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 Willah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Willaresolute protector; a form of Wilhelmina691 in the US (2017)
- Willohwillow tree; a modern respelling of Willow6 in the US (2017)
- Willowthe willow tree; grace, flexibility1,384 in England and Wales (2025)
- Willardresolute will, from wil and heard55 in the US (2017)
- Wilmaresolute protector; a form of Wilhelmina12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Willyresolute protector; a form of William26 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Willah
Names that are said the same way as Willah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Willah
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