Willy

Willy is a male, rarely female given name .

Origin and meaning

Willy is a short form of the male given names Wilhelm or Willibald . William is from the Altniederdeutschen and Old High German and can be of willio ( will , determination) and helmet ( helmet , protection) derived.

name day

see Wilhelm

Well-known namesake

pseudonym

Henry Gauthier-Villars , supposed author of the Claudine series of novels

First name

male:

Willy Alberti (1926–1985), Dutch singer
Willy Ascherl (1902–1929), German football player
Willy Astor (* 1961), Bavarian cabaret artist
Willy Berking (1910–1979), German jazz trombonist, band leader, composer and arranger
Willy Birgel (1891–1973), German actor
Willy Bogner junior (* 1942), German ski racer, designer
Willy Bogner senior (1909–1977), German skier and entrepreneur
Willy Brandt (1913–1992), German politician
Willy Caballero (* 1981), Argentine soccer goalkeeper
Willy Czernik (1901–1996), German operetta and film composer
Willy Fischer (1904–1951), German politician, see Wilhelm Fischer (politician, 1904)
Willy Fritsch (1901–1973), German actor and singer
Willy Fleckhaus (1925–1983), German journalist
Willy Guhl (1915–2004), Swiss furniture designer
Willy Hagara (1927–2015), Austrian singer and actor
Willy Hartner (1905–1981), German natural scientist
Willy Hernangómez (* 1994), Spanish basketball player
Willy Hess (violinist) (1859–1939), German violin virtuoso
Willy Hess (composer) (1906–1997), Swiss composer
Willy Huppertz (1904–1978), German anarchist
Willy Jannasch (1905–1938), German resistance fighter
Willy Jürissen (1912–1990), German soccer player
Willy Kernen (1929–2009), Swiss soccer player and soccer coach
Willy Kölker (1893–1980), German fighter pilot, businessman and politician
Willy Kralik (1929–2003), Austrian moderator
Willy Krauss (1886–1960), German soccer player
Willy Maertens (1893–1967), German actor
Willy Millowitsch (1909–1999), Cologne folk actor
Willy Puchner (* 1952), Austrian artist
Willy Rohr (1877–1930), played a key role in the development of the storm battalions during the First World War
Willy Rosenstein (1892–1949), German pilot, fighter pilot and racing car driver
Willy Sagnol (* 1977), French football player
Willy Schäfer (1933–2011), German actor
Willy Schärer (1903–1982), Swiss athlete
Willy Schneider (politician) (1884-1967), German politician (SPD)
Willy Schneider (singer) (1905–1989), German singer
Willy Schneider (composer) (1907–1983), German composer, music teacher and conductor
Willy Schneider (soccer player) (* 1934), Swiss soccer player
Willy Schneider (economist) (* 1963), German economist
Willy Seiler (1930–1988), German actor and singer
Willy Spühler (1902–1990), Swiss politician
Willy Stahl (1903–1989), German politician
Willy Thieme (1912–1979), German politician (SPD)
Willy Vandersteen (1913–1990), Belgian comic artist
Willy Walb (1890–1962), German engineer, automobile racing driver and race director
Willy Weber (1933–1998), Swiss artist
Willy Wobst (1897–1978), forester, former chairman of the ANW
Willy Zschietzschmann (1900–1976), German archaeologist

Female:

Willy Dobbe (* 1944), Dutch television presenter

family name

Daniel Heinrich Willy (1786–1861), German lawyer and university professor
Rudolf Willy (1855–1918), Swiss philosopher