Will

Diminutive of William

"resolute protector"

Will Origin and Meaning

Variation of Wilfred

Will Rank in US Top 1000

# 947 in the US

Will Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 600 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Will

• 947 US 2020
• 600 Nameberry 2025
• 283 Unique 2024
• 907 England 2019

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Famous People Named Will

• William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers American actor and comedian
• Willard Carroll "Will" Smith American actor and rapper
• John William "Will" Ferrell American actor and comedian
• William Emerson "Will" Arnett American actor
• William Rankin "Will" Patton American actor
• William Donald "Will" Grigg Northern Irish footballer
• William Robert "Will" Young English singer,songwriter
• William Nuschler "Will" Clark American baseball player
• Orville Willis "Will" Forte American actor and comedian
• Will Geer (born William Aughe Ghere) American actor
• William David "Will" Johnson Canadian soccer player
• William Jack "Will" Poulter English actor
• William Woodard "Will" Self English novelist
• Wilbur H. "Will" Jennings American songwriter
• William "Will" Champion English drummer of band Coldplay
• William Harrison "Will" Hays American politician who enacted the Hays Code
• Will Allen American NFL player
• William "Will" Sasso Candian actor and comedian
• William Ballard "Will" Hurd U.S. Congressman from Texas

The name Will in Pop Culture

• William "Will" Halstead character on TV's Chicago Med.
• Will Hunting main character in film "Good Will Hunting"
• William "Will" Truman character on TV's Will and Grace
• William "Will" Turner a main character in the Pirates of the Caribbean films
• Will Graham character on TV's Hannibal
• Will character in the Divergent trilogy
• Will Scarlet one of Robin Hood's Merry Men
• William Harold Ryan "Will" Munson character in American soap opera, As The World Turns
• Wilbur "Will" Trent character in the series by Karin Slaughter
• William Michael "Will" Schuester character on TV's "Glee"
• Will Parry character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy
• William "Will" Herondale character in the Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare
• Will Solace character in the 'Heroes of Olympus' series (Rick Riordan)
• William "Will" Lawson character in the novel "Cursed" by Elise Noble
• Will Treaty main character in John Flanagan's series "Ranger's Apprentice"
• Will Brian character in "Sufficiently Remarkable"
• Will Tippin character on TV's Alias
• Will Grayson name shared by the main characters in John Green and David Levithan's Will Grayson, Will Grayson
• Will character on TV's "The Fosters"
• Will Byers a character on TV's "Stranger Things"
• Will Belmont a character on TV's "Scream"
• Will Lamontagne character on TV's "Criminal Minds"
• Will Younger character in film "How It Ends"
• Will Munson character on "X,Men"
• Wilhelmina/Wilma "Will" Vandom female Guardian of Quintessence in "W.I.T.C.H" series
• Will Mystery researcher of Fantasy lands in the Thea Stilton books
• Will Benjamin character on TV's "H2O: Just Add Water"
• Will character in the Pokémon video game series
• Will Cloud character in movie "Cloud 9"