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Willa

Willa proper noun: a female given name from the Germanic languages.

Proper noun

Willa

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
    • Even though Miss Cather's father clearly wrote that Willa was named after our "little sister", Miss Lewis' text reads: "They named Willa after ... William Lee Boak, who was killed in the Civil War".1974, Bernice Slote, Virginia Faulkner, The Art of Willa Cather, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, →ISBN, page 198

Origin of Willa

Derived from Wilhelmina and recoined in the 19th century in America based on the male given names Will and William.

Questions about Willa

What does Willa mean?
Willa means a female given name from the Germanic languages.
What part of speech is Willa?
Willa is a proper noun.

Words near Willa in the dictionary

  1. will-they-won't-they
  2. will-they/won't-they
  3. will-to-power
  4. Will-with-the-wisp
  5. will-worship
  6. Willa
  7. willable
  8. Willacy
  9. Willacy County
  10. Willala
  11. Willamette

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