Wilmer
Meaning and origin
From Old English willa (“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish”) + mǣre (“famous”), from Proto-Germanic *Wiljamērijaz, from *wiljô + *mērijaz.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Wilmer (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Wilmer has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2009. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 20 |
| 1999 | 31 |
| 2000 | 47 |
| 2001 | 45 |
| 2002 | 50 |
| 2003 | 86 |
| 2004 | 141 |
| 2005 | 204 |
| 2006 | 197 |
| 2007 | 274 |
| 2008 | 259 |
| 2009 | 299 |
| 2010 | 269 |
| 2011 | 262 |
| 2012 | 241 |
| 2013 | 225 |
| 2014 | 189 |
| 2015 | 178 |
| 2016 | 174 |
| 2017 | 173 |
| 2018 | 145 |
| 2019 | 156 |
| 2020 | 125 |
| 2021 | 104 |
| 2022 | 116 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 103 |
| 2000 | 149 |
| 2001 | 195 |
| 2002 | 247 |
| 2003 | 332 |
| 2004 | 470 |
| 2005 | 675 |
| 2006 | 869 |
| 2007 | 1,144 |
| 2008 | 1,415 |
| 2009 | 1,717 |
| 2010 | 1,984 |
| 2011 | 2,248 |
| 2012 | 2,483 |
| 2013 | 2,711 |
| 2014 | 2,902 |
| 2015 | 3,086 |
| 2016 | 3,258 |
| 2017 | 3,430 |
| 2018 | 3,573 |
| 2019 | 3,734 |
| 2020 | 3,855 |
Wilmer in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Wilmer.Hi! My name is Wilmer.
- Wilmer bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Wilmer lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Jag ska fika med Wilmer i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Wilmer this afternoon.
- Wilmers mamma är lärare.Wilmer's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Wilmers mamma is Wilmer's mum.
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Questions about Wilmer
How do you pronounce Wilmer in Swedish?
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What does the name Wilmer mean?
From Old English willa (“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish”) + mǣre (“famous”), from Proto-Germanic *Wiljamērijaz, from *wiljô + *mērijaz.
How popular is Wilmer in Sweden?
116 babies were named Wilmer in 2022. In 2020, 3,855 people in Sweden had Wilmer as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2009 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.