Willy

Diminutive of William

"resolute protection"

Updated Tue Feb 03 2026

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Willy Origin and Meaning

Variation of Wilhelm

# 980 in the US

Willy Brandt (born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm)
German chancellor and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Willy Martin Ernst Rohr
German WWI army officer
Willy DeVille (born William Paul Borsey Jr.)
American singer,songwriter of band Mink DeVille
William S. "Willy" Eisenhart
American art writer
Willy Ley
German,American science writer
Willy
pen name of Henry Gauthier,Villars, French writer and husband of novelist Colette
Willy Moon (born William George Sinclair)
New Zealand pop singer
Willebrord Jan Frans Maria "Willy" Vandersteen
German cartoonist
Willy Munyoki Mutunga
former Chief Justice of Kenya
Willy Will (born William Hodge II)
American music producer

Willy Wonka
character in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and American candy brand
"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
" 1971 film
Willy
whale in the "Free Willy" movie series
Willy
sailor in British animated series "Captain Pugwash"
"Willy
" song by Joni Mitchell
Willy Loman
in Arthur Miller's plat "Death of a Salesman"
Willy
character in the video game "Stardew Valley"

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