VILL

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Old Norse 1.2 Old High German 1.3 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

vil = 'will, desire'
vili = 'will, desire'

Old High German

willo = 'will, desire' ^[1]
willio = 'will, desire' ^[2]

Old English

will = 'will, desire'

Related Names

See Vili and Ville

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BALD	see Willibald
BJÖRN	see Villbjörn
BJÖRT	see Vilbjørt (Norse) and Willibert (German)
BORG	see Vilborg (Norse) and Wilburg (German) and Wilburh (English)
DIS	see Vildís
FRID	see Willifrid (German)
FRÍÐ	see Vilfrid
GEIR	see Williger (German)
GERD	see Vilgerðr
GUD	see Willgott
HAD	see Villads
HARD	see Willihart (German)
HJALM	see Willihelm (German)
MAR	see Willimar (German)
MOR	see Villemo
MUND	see Vilmundr

First Element Forms

Vel- Vell-
Vil- Wil-
Vild- Wild-
Vilj- Wilj-
Vill- Will- Willa- Ville- Willi-

References

1. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
2. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)