Last name: WILLER

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Last name frequency

WILLER : This last name is indexed 36,091 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

WILLER : 1: German and Dutch: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements wil ‘will desire’ + heri ‘army’.2: English: variant of Weller.3: English: perhaps in some cases an occupational name from a shortened form of Willyer now extinct but derived from Middle English wilier ‘one who works in willow’ a derivative of Middle English wily (Old English wilige) ‘willow’ + -er ‘worker in willow’ probably a maker of baskets or hurdles.

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