Wilmer

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Wîlmër in GT Guatemala.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Wilmer is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name244K records spelled Wilmer22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Venezuela, United States, Ecuador, Peru

  Languages: English, German, Norwegian Bokmål

  Also written Wïlmër, Wîlmër, Wįlmęr, Wìlmér, Wïlmêr

• a separate given name5.9K records spelled Wilmer2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

  Also written Wílmer

• Finnish given name1.7K records spelled Wilmer3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Philippines, Sweden

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Wílmer

• Russian given name574 records spelled Wilmer4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, United States, Spain, Bolivia

  Languages: Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian

  Also written Уилмер

• Italian given name547 records spelled Wilmer2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Italy, Spain

  Also written Wílmer

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Wilmer is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Germanic name from wil ‘will’ + mēr ‘famous’.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In English, Teutonic: similar to William; resolute mind.

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• From an Old English personal name, derived from wil ‘will’, ‘desire’ + mz&r ‘famous’. This died out in the Middle Ages, but gave rise to a surname before it did so. The modern given name is probably a transferred use of that surname, perhaps adopted in particular as a masculine form of Wilma.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Swedish, Wilmer är en nederländsk eller engelsk form av det tyska namnet Vilmar, sammansatt av fornhögtyskt will(i)a ’vilja’ och → -mar ’bekant, berömd’. Det har varit ett populärt namn under flera årtionden. Namnet bärs också av det svenska rockbandet Wilmer X (aktiva från 1970-tal till 2020-tal). I den finlandssvenska almanackan 6 april.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In German, patronymisch aus dem Rufnamen Wilmar/Willmar mit abgeschwächtem Zweitglied -mer (< ahd. māri 'berühmt'); 579 Träger

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Wilmer McLeanb. 1814USAmerican businessman, involved in the American Civil War (1814-1882)
• Wilmer L. Barrowb. 1903USAmerican electrical engineer
• Wilmer Allisonb. 1904USUS tennis player (1904-1977)
• Wilmer Mizellb. 1930USAmerican baseball player (1930-1999)
• Wilmer Rupertib. 1959VEItalian-Venezuelan businessman
• Wilmer Cabrerab. 1967COColombian footballer and manager
• Wilmer Lópezb. 1971CRCosta Rican footballer
• Wilmer Calderonb. 1975USPuerto Rican actor
• Wilmer Valderramab. 1980USAmerican-Venezuelan actor
• Wilmer Fontb. 1990VEVenezuelan baseball player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 739 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Wilmer?

We estimate roughly 54 thousand people bear Wilmer (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Wilmer have the most bearers?

Wilmer is most frequently recorded in Venezuela, where it is most often spelled wilmer.

Where is Wilmer most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Wilmer is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 506 people — even though Venezuela holds more of our records for it.

How common is Wilmer compared with other names?

In Venezuela, Wilmer is the 105th most common given name of 213,120 given names recorded there.

Is Wilmer a male or female name?

Wilmer is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Wilmer mean?

Recorded meaning: from the Old English male personal name Wilmær, literally ‘will-famous’.