#6802024 rank
2024peak year
1,902babies named Wylder since 1880
▲ +201%5-year trend
Wylder popularity over 145 years
💎 Rare find · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Wylder mean?
A modern respelling of Wilder, from Old English wilde 'wild'. The Y-spelling belongs squarely to the contemporary trend for frontier-flavored surnames.
OriginEnglish (modern respelling)
Syllables2
Genderboy
Stylemodern, nature
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Famous Wylders
Spellings & variants
Wilder
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