# Wilmer

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #45,750

## Definitions
1. A male given name.
2. A surname.
3. A place name:
4. A place name:
5. A place name:
6. A place name:

## Etymology
From Old English willa (“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish”) + mǣre (“famous”), from Proto-Germanic *Wiljamērijaz, from *wiljô + *mērijaz.

## Easily confused with
- **wiser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilmer-vs-wiser)
- **wiper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilmer-vs-wiper)
- **winter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilmer-vs-winter)
- **winner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilmer-vs-winner)
- **winger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilmer-vs-winger)
- **wither** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilmer-vs-wither)
- **winder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilmer-vs-winder)
- **Wilmot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilmer-vs-wilmot)
- **wilted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilmer-vs-wilted)
- **wile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wile-vs-wilmer)
- **wider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wilmer)
- **Wiley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiley-vs-wilmer)
- **Wilde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilde-vs-wilmer)
- **Wiles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiles-vs-wilmer)
- **walker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-wilmer)
- **Walter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-wilmer)
- **warmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warmer-vs-wilmer)
- **wilder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilder-vs-wilmer)
- **waller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waller-vs-wilmer)
- **Wilkes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilkes-vs-wilmer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`iwlmer`, `wilemr`, `willmer`, `wilmerr`, `wilmmer`, `wilmre`, `wimler`, `wlimer`, `wwilmer`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wilmer