Willow
loc · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Willow is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: From the name of the tree (Old English welig), noted for its grace and the pliancy of its wood.
- AUAustralia
- USUnited States
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 309 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From the name of the tree (Old English welig), noted for its grace and the pliancy of its wood.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Willow counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 33K | Willow | 309 |
| AU Australia | — | 673 | Willow | 101 |
| CA Canada | — | 56 | Willow | 107 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 1.5K | Willow | 119 |
| RU Russia | — | — | Willow | 7 |
| FR France | — | 860 | — | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Willow is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
English: from the tree, Old English welig , noted for its grace and the pliancy of its wood.
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Diana Thomasb. 1959GBnot in their usual nameEnglish journalist and novelist
- Willow Bayb. 1963USAmerican television journalist, editor, author, and former model
- Kaitlin Olsonb. 1975USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
- Willow Johnsonb. 1977CACanadian voice actress
- Willow Geerb. 1981USAmerican actress
- Willow Pillb. 1995USAmerican drag queen
- Willow Shieldsb. 2000USAmerican actress
- Willow Smithb. 2000USAmerican singer and actress (born 2000)
- Willow Zoe Egdesactor
- Willow Phoenix Buckleydaughter A.J. Buckley
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 62 sources across 32 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 33K | #1,168 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 4.8K | — |
| GB United Kingdom | ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024) | 2024 | 1.5K | #21 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 931 | #27,432 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 860 | #566 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 819 | #28,998 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 814 | #27,802 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2023 | 673 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 353 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 323 | #1,168 |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2025 | 188 | #23 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 2025 | 188 | #23 |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Willow have the most bearers?
- Willow is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled willow.
- What does the name Willow mean, and where does it come from?
- From the name of the tree (Old English welig), noted for its grace and the pliancy of its wood. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
What do you want to know about Willow?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/willowThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Willow”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.