Baby name
STABLE
🇧🇷 Wilian
/wil · ee · AN/
Meaning
“Resolute protector”
Brazilian Portuguese phonetic spelling of William, from Germanic meaning 'resolute protector'; the single-l spelling is a Brazilian orthographic adaptation.
Nicknames
will · wil
Vibe
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.