Wilmer.
A male given name.
Meaning & usage
A male given name.
A surname.
A place name: A small settlement near Invermere, British Columbia, Canada, named after Wilmer Cleveland Wells.
A place name: An unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States, named after Richard Hooker Wilmer.
A place name: An unincorporated community in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States.
A place name: A city in Dallas County, Texas, United States, named after A. J. Wilmer.
Where this word comes from
From Old English willa (“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish”) + mǣre (“famous”), from Proto-Germanic *Wiljamērijaz, from *wiljô + *mērijaz.
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