Boy name origins & meanings
- Teutonic : Valiant protector
- German : Determined and famous
Boy name variations
How Popular Is The Name Wilmer
Family name origins & meanings
- German and English : from the Germanic personal name Wilmar (Old English Wilmǣr), composed of the elements wil(l) ‘will’ + mar ‘famous’.
- Simon Wilmer settled in Kent Co., MD, before 1680. William Holland Wilmer, born in Kent Co. in 1782, and his son Richard Hooker Wilmer (b. 1816) were both Episcopal clergymen.