Willo
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Willo by the numbers
Willo was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 23 babies in 1924, making it a 1920s name.
What we can tell you about Willo
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 Willo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Willowthe willow tree; grace, flexibility1,384 in England and Wales (2025)
- Willaresolute protector; a form of Wilhelmina691 in the US (2017)
- Willyresolute protector; a form of William26 in the US (2017)
- Willohwillow tree; a modern respelling of Willow6 in the US (2017)
- Wilmaresolute protector; a form of Wilhelmina12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Wiltonsettlement by the willow tree18 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Willo
Names that are said the same way as Willo, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Wyllowwillow tree; a form of Willow10 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Willo
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