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Wilmer - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Wilmer
 
 

 



[ 2 syll. wi-(l)mer, wil-m-er ] The boy name Wilmer is pronounced as WIHLMer KEY. Wilmer is used chiefly in the English and Scandinavian languages, and its origin is Germanic. Two-element name derived from the elements 'wil' meaning will, desire ; 'meri' meaning great, famous. The name is obscure origin; it could also have evolved as the masculine form of Wilma. The name Wilmar (German) is a variant of Wilmer.

Wilmer is an uncommon baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1920, 0.040% of baby boys were given the name Wilmer. Its ranking then was #259. The baby name has since steeply declined in popularity, and is today of sporadic use. Within all boy names in its group, Wilmer was nonetheless the most frequently used in 2007.

A baby name that sounds like Wilmer is the name Wilmar (German).

KEY: Pronunciation for Wilmer: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"


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