Wilder

Where Wilder comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Wilder.

Wilder through the years
  1. 1891
    Wilder Penfield born
    Canadian neurosurgeon, college football player and coach
  2. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,271 among boys with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1994
    Wilder Cartagena born
    Peruvian footballer
  4. 2021
    Peak, #366
    890 babies named Wilder, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Wilder Penfield · Canadian neurosurgeon, college football player and coach, 1891–1976
  • Wilder Cartagena · Peruvian footballer, born 1994
  • Wilder Viera · Paraguayan footballer, born 2002
  • Wilder Guisao · Colombian association football player, born 1991
  • Wilder Medina · Colombian footballer, born 1981

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.