Wills Name Meaning: Name given to children of those named Will, which is a short form of William, Wilbert or Willard
Given to someone who lived by a spring or stream from Middle English 'wille' & Old English 'well(a)' meaning spring. Found mainly in the south of England. 'Will' was a very common medieval personal name.It has a topographic meaning for someone who lived by a spring or stream,short for 'William'.
Discover how your Wills ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 37 |
| Buckinghamshire | 51 |
| Berkshire | 38 |
| Cambridgeshire | 14 |
| Channel Islands | 32 |
| Cheshire | 95 |
| Cornwall | 965 |
| Cumberland | 117 |
| Derbyshire | 50 |
| Devon | 1,584 |
| Dorset | 540 |
| Durham | 317 |
| Essex | 365 |
| Gloucestershire | 320 |
| Hampshire | 396 |
| Herefordshire | 23 |
| Hertfordshire | 47 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 21 |
| Isle of Man | 5 |
| Kent | 511 |
| Lancashire | 728 |
| Leicestershire | 221 |
| Lincolnshire | 68 |
| London | 1,455 |
| Middlesex | 428 |
| Northumberland | 126 |
| Norfolk | 61 |
| Northamptonshire | 567 |
| Nottinghamshire | 66 |
| Oxfordshire | 51 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 21 |
| Shropshire | 14 |
| Suffolk | 37 |
| Somerset | 613 |
| Surrey | 293 |
| Sussex | 118 |
| Staffordshire | 197 |
| Warwickshire | 415 |
| Westmorland | 86 |
| Wiltshire | 63 |
| Worcestershire | 155 |
| Yorkshire | 346 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 3 |
| Cardiganshire | 2 |
| Carnarvonshire | 7 |
| Carmarthenshire | 14 |
| Denbighshire | 10 |
| Flintshire | 2 |
| Glamorgan | 364 |
| Merionethshire | 5 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 99 |
| Pembrokeshire | 10 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| School | 1,165 |
| Private Means | 128 |
| Farm Labourer | 124 |
| General Servant (domestic) | 96 |
| Farmer | 89 |
| General Labourer | 77 |
| Labourer | 74 |
| Dressmaker | 62 |
| None | 54 |
| Carpenter | 42 |
| Clerk | 41 |
| At Home | 40 |
| Cook (domestic) | 40 |
| At School | 37 |
| Domestic Servant | 34 |
| Laundress | 31 |
| House Keeper | 31 |
| No Occupation | 30 |
| Scholar | 30 |
| Student | 29 |
| Assisting In Business | 28 |
| General Servant Domestic | 28 |
| Shop Assistant | 27 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 27 |
| Nil | 25 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Wills | 5,315 |
| William Wills | 5,313 |
| John Wills | 4,819 |
| Elizabeth Wills | 3,699 |
| Thomas Wills | 2,711 |
| George Wills | 2,688 |
| Sarah Wills | 2,337 |
| James Wills | 2,297 |
| Charles Wills | 1,770 |
| Ann Wills | 1,616 |
| Jane Wills | 1,585 |
| Henry Wills | 1,505 |
| Joseph Wills | 1,229 |
| Eliza Wills | 1,163 |
| Emma Wills | 1,016 |
| Robert Wills | 965 |
| Edward Wills | 948 |
| Ellen Wills | 945 |
| Richard Wills | 897 |
| Alice Wills | 895 |
| Emily Wills | 884 |
| Annie Wills | 883 |
| Frederick Wills | 872 |
| Alfred Wills | 845 |
| Samuel Wills | 841 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wells | 80% | 171,754 |
| 2 | Willis | 83% | 106,940 |
| 3 | Wills | 100% | 78,607 |
| 4 | Wallis | 67% | 73,315 |
| 5 | Walls | 80% | 27,068 |
| 6 | Willes | 83% | 9,795 |
| 7 | Walles | 67% | 4,645 |
| 8 | Wellis | 67% | 2,620 |
| 9 | Willies | 71% | 2,051 |
| 10 | Wallas | 67% | 1,603 |
| 11 | Welles | 67% | 1,413 |
| 12 | Woolls | 67% | 558 |
| 13 | Willas | 83% | 375 |
| 14 | Wils | 80% | 258 |
| 15 | Wallies | 57% | 223 |
| 16 | Willsea | 71% | 214 |
| 17 | Willias | 71% | 191 |
| 18 | Woollas | 57% | 181 |
| 19 | Wallase | 57% | 131 |
| 20 | Woollis | 57% | 121 |
| 21 | Wollas | 67% | 107 |
| 22 | Wollis | 67% | 101 |
The surname Wills is the 3rd most popular variant of Wells.