Willy

Diminutive of William

"resolute protection"

Willy Origin and Meaning

Variation of Wilhelm

Willy Rank in US Top 1000

# 980 in the US

Famous People Named Willy

• 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

The name Willy in Pop Culture

• 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"