Wild Name Meaning: From the Old English "wilde", meaning "out of control" or "boisterous".
From the Old English \"wilde\", meaning \"out of control\" or \"boisterous\". Another meaning of the name is that it was given to someone who lived on an area of land called a \"weald\", or if they lived in a village called Wyld (for example, in Berkshire or Dorset).
Discover how your Wild ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 15 |
| Berkshire | 74 |
| Cambridgeshire | 15 |
| Channel Islands | 9 |
| Cheshire | 715 |
| Cornwall | 14 |
| Cumberland | 15 |
| Derbyshire | 559 |
| Devon | 35 |
| Dorset | 10 |
| Durham | 263 |
| Essex | 79 |
| Gloucestershire | 23 |
| Hampshire | 226 |
| Herefordshire | 6 |
| Hertfordshire | 57 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 9 |
| Isle of Man | 4 |
| Kent | 53 |
| Lancashire | 5,052 |
| Leicestershire | 73 |
| Lincolnshire | 18 |
| London | 818 |
| Middlesex | 185 |
| Northumberland | 47 |
| Norfolk | 56 |
| Northamptonshire | 12 |
| Nottinghamshire | 196 |
| Oxfordshire | 31 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 9 |
| Shropshire | 86 |
| Suffolk | 20 |
| Somerset | 10 |
| Surrey | 126 |
| Sussex | 123 |
| Staffordshire | 338 |
| Warwickshire | 197 |
| Westmorland | 18 |
| Wiltshire | 89 |
| Worcestershire | 97 |
| Yorkshire | 1,899 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 3 |
| Carmarthenshire | 20 |
| Denbighshire | 3 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 36 |
| Merionethshire | 1 |
| Montgomeryshire | 1 |
| Monmouthshire | 15 |
| Pembrokeshire | 1 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,674 |
| Cotton Weaver | 348 |
| Coal Miner | 210 |
| General Labourer | 122 |
| Cotton Spinner | 113 |
| Cotton Operative | 109 |
| Dress Maker | 103 |
| Living On Own Means | 87 |
| Domestic Servant | 70 |
| Cotton Winder | 66 |
| Farmer | 61 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 61 |
| Labourer | 61 |
| Cotton Piecer | 56 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 50 |
| House Keeper | 48 |
| Cotton Reeler | 45 |
| Woollen Weaver | 43 |
| Carter | 42 |
| General Servant | 39 |
| General Servant Domestic | 35 |
| Joiner | 34 |
| Grocer | 32 |
| Laundress | 28 |
| Carpenter | 26 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Wild | 6,470 |
| John Wild | 5,668 |
| William Wild | 4,517 |
| Sarah Wild | 4,065 |
| James Wild | 4,054 |
| Elizabeth Wild | 3,670 |
| Thomas Wild | 3,030 |
| Joseph Wild | 2,565 |
| George Wild | 2,460 |
| Ann Wild | 2,146 |
| Hannah Wild | 1,826 |
| Jane Wild | 1,672 |
| Alice Wild | 1,658 |
| Samuel Wild | 1,339 |
| Robert Wild | 1,202 |
| Henry Wild | 1,199 |
| Charles Wild | 1,163 |
| Annie Wild | 1,087 |
| Ellen Wild | 1,079 |
| Martha Wild | 1,070 |
| Emma Wild | 996 |
| Eliza Wild | 978 |
| Edward Wild | 905 |
| Margaret Wild | 884 |
| Emily Wild | 653 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wild | 100% | 86,883 |
| 2 | Wilde | 80% | 31,412 |
| 3 | Wylde | 60% | 4,421 |
| 4 | Would | 60% | 1,425 |
| 5 | Waldie | 50% | 1,219 |
| 6 | Weld | 75% | 912 |
| 7 | Wield | 80% | 499 |
| 8 | Wald | 75% | 435 |
| 9 | Wold | 75% | 332 |
| 10 | Weald | 60% | 292 |
| 11 | Weild | 80% | 251 |
| 12 | Walde | 60% | 163 |
| 13 | Welde | 60% | 139 |
| 14 | Ewald | 60% | 109 |
The surname Wild is the most popular version of all its varients