| [ 2 syll. wi-(l)la, wil-la ] The girl name Willa is pronounced WIHLah KEY. Willa's language of origin is Germanic and it is predominantly used in English. Willa is a short form of Wilhelmina (Dutch and German). Willa is an unusual baby girl name. Its usage peaked in 1932 with 0.047% of baby girls being named Willa. It had a ranking of #273 then. The baby name has fallen from favor since then, and is of only very modest use now. Among all girl names in its family, Willa was nevertheless the most frequently used in 2007. Baby names that sound like Willa include Willie (English) and Willow (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Willa: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
A famous person named Willa is Author, Willa Cather, born 7 December 1873 - 24 April 1947, Black Creek Valley, Virginia. |