Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Willard
/WIL · erd/
Meaning
“Resolute and brave”
From a Germanic surname meaning 'resolute and brave'; carried by US President Willard Millard Fillmore and actor Willard Scott.
Nicknames
will
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Feels mid-century American patrician; due for the great-grandfather name revival.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US through the early-to-mid 20th century; rare since the 1960s.