| [ 2 syll. wi-(l)lie, wil-l-ie ] The girl name Willie is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced WIHLiy KEY. Willie is of Germanic origin and it is used mainly in English. Willie is a pet form of the Dutch and German Wilhelmina. Willie is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1910, 0.428% of baby girls were named Willie. It was #56 in rank then. The baby name has suffered a marked drop in frequency since then, and is currently used only on a very light scale. Out of all girl names in its family, Willie was nevertheless the most commonly used in 2007. Willie has in the last century been primarily given to boys. In 1973, 19 times more boys than girls were given the name Willie. Baby names that sound like Willie include the English names Willa and Willow. KEY: Pronunciation for Willie: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
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