Given name & surname
Villa
“determined protector”
Villa is a variant of Vilhelmina. In Swedish use, Vilhelmina carries the interpretation “determined protector.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Villa is a variant of Vilhelmina. In Swedish use, Vilhelmina carries the interpretation “determined protector.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Villa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 749
- 27 boys · 722 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1967. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 447 as a first name in 2020; 50,813 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Villa’s family of names
Villa has a related form in Vilhelmina. In Filipino usage, Villa as a surname has a related form in de Villa. In Greek usage, Villa is a transliteration of Βίλλα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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