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Willum

Willum is a masculine given name. It is used in Icelandic and Scots.

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Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Willum isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1933. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Willum through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1933
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024619401960198020002025Highest share 19330.0
Willum in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1933–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1933. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Willum’s family of names

In Scots usage, Willum has a diminutive in Will. In Scots usage, Willum has a related form in Weelum. In Scots usage, Willum has a related form in Weelum.

Walk Willum’s family in the name graph

WillumWillWeelumWilliam

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Willum

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Willum, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

English · Old-fashioned

Wilford

“from the willow ford”

15Very rareSteady

>99% boys

Old-fashioned

Willian

“will” · “desire”

22RareSteady

>99% boys

 

Windell

“one who travels; a wanderer”

13Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

 

Waymon

Waymon is a surname.

12Very rare

>99% boys

English · Nature

Wilton

“from the town on the river”

20RareRising

>99% boys

Germanic · Old-fashioned

Werner

“of the defending army”

16Very rareSteady

>99% boys

Old-fashioned

Willis

“will” · “desire”

32RareSteady

>99% boys

German · Old-fashioned

Wilbert

“one who is willful; a bright man”

22RareEasing

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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