Baby name
FADING BOY · ENGLISH
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Wilde
/WYLD/
Meaning
“Wild, untamed”
English surname meaning 'wild', from the Old English word wilde ('untamed, uncultivated'). Best known through the Irish writer Oscar Wilde.
How it ages.
A bold, literary surname name with a free-spirited edge, striking and rare, and easy to grow into.
The cultural moment.
Very rare as a first name: ranked #8871 among boys in the United States in 2025.