Wilkes - Meaning of Wilkes

What does Wilkes mean?

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Wilkes

[ 1 syll. wi-(l)kes, wil-k-es ] The baby boy name Wilkes is pronounced WIHLKS †. Wilkes is of English and Germanic origin.

Wilkes is a variant transcription of Wilkie (English).

Wilkes is also a variant transcription of William (English and French).

See also the related categories, english and germanic (german).

Wilkes is rarely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Wilkes, William was the most regularly used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Wilkes include Willkes, Walch, Walls, Waloch, Walsch, Walsh, Walshe, Welch, Welche, Welles, Wells, Wels, Welsch, Welsh, Wilke, Willes, Wills, Wilse, Waleis, and Wallace.

† English pronunciation for Wilkes: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"