Wilmer
name
name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A male given name.
- 2 A surname.
- 3 A place name:; A small settlement near Invermere, British Columbia, Canada, named after Wilmer Cleveland Wells.
- 4 A place name:; An unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States, named after Richard Hooker Wilmer.
- 5 A place name:; An unincorporated community in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States.
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- 6 A place name:; A city in Dallas County, Texas, United States, named after A. J. Wilmer.
Etymology
From Old English willa (“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish”) + mǣre (“famous”), from Proto-Germanic *Wiljamērijaz, from *wiljô + *mērijaz.