Baby name

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Wilian

/wil · ee · AN/


“Resolute protector”

Brazilian Portuguese phonetic spelling of William, from Germanic meaning 'resolute protector'; the single-l spelling is a Brazilian orthographic adaptation.

will · wil

gentle

How it ages.

Brazilian and generation-specific; the spelling distinguishes it from the international form.

The cultural moment.

Used in Brazil from the 1970s through the 1990s.