- Son of Will or William (literally Will’s son)
- Commonly used as a both a personal name and a surname
- As a last name, it’s on the top 10 most popular name list in both England and the United States
- Known as the last name of President Woodrow Wilson, who was of Irish descent
- Famous for Beach Boys musicians Brian, Carl & Dennis; Brian’s daughter singer Carnie Wilson (of Wilson-Phillips), actor Owen Wilson
- The first name of actor Wilson Cruz, singer Wilson Pickett, author Wilson Rawls
- The name of the volleyball in the 2000 movie Cast Away
About the baby name
Wilson
- Filed under: Boy names, English baby boy names, Irish baby boy names, Names that start with W
- Tags: anglo-saxon, baby boy names, english, will, william, wilson
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origin/Nationality
English
baby Name length
6 letters (popular name length)
numerology digit
2
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