THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Wilson
Wilson is recorded as a male given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Wilson.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈwilson/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈwil.son̪]Standard-Tagalog
Wil · son2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Wilson.
a male given name from English
Wiktionary: Wilson (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
From Will (short form of William) + -son.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Wiktionary: Wilson (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Wilson.
a male given name from English
Wiktionary: Wilson (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
Clipping of William or Willow, less often, other given names beginning with Wil-, such as Wilfred or Willard.
A diminutive of the male given name William or, less often, other given names beginning with Wil-, such as Wilfred or Willard, from the Germanic languages; also used as a formal given name.; A diminutive of the female given name Willow.
Wiktionary: Wilson (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
From Middle English William, from Anglo-Norman Willame, from Old High German Willahelm, from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz (> Latin Gulielmus), from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“will”) + *helmaz (“helmet”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European roots *welh₁- (“to choose, wish, want”) and *ḱel- (“to cover, conceal, save”), respectively. Cognate with Dutch Willem, German Wilhelm, etc.; cognate borrowings outside of Germanic include Guillaume and Guillermo.
A male given name from the Germanic languages popular since the Norman Conquest.
Wiktionary: Wilson (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Wilson
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Wilson Lee Flores
Philippine journalist
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Wilson Tortosa
Filipino comic artist
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
33
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Wilson Lee Flores, Wilson Tortosa
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Wilson in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Wilson
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Jilson·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Wilton♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Edilson·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Jelson♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Jimson·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Nelson♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Ricson·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Winston♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Wilson?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Wilson further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q18552466 — Wilson (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Wilson Lee Flores (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18552466 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Wilson Tortosa (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18552466 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Wilson (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Wilson (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Wilson (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Wilson (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Wilson (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.