Given name & surname
Wilk
“wolf”
Wilk is a surname from Polish. It is used in English and Polish.
Original PolishWowk
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Wilk as a surname is a diminutive of Will.
Wilk’s family of names
In English usage, Wilk as a surname is a diminutive of Will. In Polish usage, Wilk has a later derivative in VILK. In English usage, Wilk as a surname has a related form in Wilkie.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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