Wilkie

Where Wilkie comes from

From a Scottish diminutive of Wilk, a back-formation from Wilkin.
— Wiktionary's entry for Wilkie
  • Germanic
  • Vowel-ended
Wilkie through the years
  1. 1911
    Wilkie Cooper born
    British cinematographer
  2. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,915 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1928
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  4. 1940
    Peak, #792
    61 babies named Wilkie, the most in any year.
  5. 1941
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,300.
  6. 1958
    Wilkie Rasmussen born
    Cook Islands politician
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, in modern use often transferred back from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Wilkie Cooper · British cinematographer, 1911–2001
  • Wilkie Rasmussen · Cook Islands politician, born 1958

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.