Meanings
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A male given name from Old English of mostly American usage. Partly transferred back from the surname.
1 more example
The date on the document corresponded to Bill's date of birth, which Scott had seen many times on records and forms, and the name of the child was Willard Skansey Jr. - - - A bank robber's name. Or a tough welterweight of the 1930s with his hair parted in the middle. A bank robber lying low between jobs.
1991, Don DeLillo, Mao II, Viking, →ISBN, page 144 - A place in the United States.
- A tiny city in Shawnee County and Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community and coal town in Carter County, Kentucky.
- A small unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Bay County, Michigan.
- A city in Greene County, Missouri.
- A village in Torrance County, New Mexico, named after Willard Hopewell, builder of Santa Fe Central Railway.
- A hamlet primarily in the town of Romulus, Seneca County, New York.
- A city in Huron County, Ohio.
- A small city in Box Elder County, Utah.
- A former unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, now a part of Washington Dulles International Airport.
- A small unincorporated community in Skamania County, Washington.
- A small town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
Origin
- Old Englishwil“will”
- EnglishWillard
From Old English wil (“will”) + heard (“brave, strong”).
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Willard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Willard
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