Given name & surname
Willette
“determined protector”
Willette is a variant of Wilhelmina. In German use, Wilhelmina carries the interpretation “determined protector.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Willette is a variant of Wilhelmina. In German use, Wilhelmina carries the interpretation “determined protector.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1899. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Willette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,123
- 0 boys · 2,123 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 62 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 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 62 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,293 as a first name in 2020; 3,676 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.
Willette’s family of names
Willette has a related form in Wilhelmina. In English usage, Willette as a surname has a related form in Willett. In English usage, Willette as a surname has a related form in Willett.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Willette
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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