Like Willa, Violet, Iris, and Olive are gently old-fashioned names that are coming back into fashion--a trend that we've seen celebrities embrace. Willa manages to feel both down-to-earth and unusual, familiar yet distinctive, perfectly in step with Russell's Brooklyn lifestyle with her carpenter husband.
Willa originated as a short form of the forbidding Wilhelmina. Root name William, German for "resolute protection," is one of the most fashionable classic names for boys, thanks largely to Britain's young prince.
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Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran are the creators of the baby name site Nameberry and the authors of ten bestselling books about names, including Cool Names for Babies and The Baby Name Bible.
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