Given name & surname · also Middle English

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Wiltshire comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle English Wilteschire, from Old English Wiltūnsċīr.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wiltshire’s family of names

In English usage, Wiltshire as a surname has a related form in Willshaw. In English usage, Wiltshire as a surname has a related form in WILSHIRE.

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Nicknames & forms 2

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

Similar names

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

Old English

Winstone

“stone”

No U.S. birth series

95% boys · 5% girls

Old English

Wingrave

“belonging to” · “grove”

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Old English

Widsith

Widsith is a given name from Old English.

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Old English

Widdicombe

“wide”

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Old English

Wyke

“village”

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Old English

Woodthorpe

“wood”

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Old English

Wingham

“war” · “belonging to”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Wiltshire’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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