Vilma is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “William.” In 2024 it was given to 21 girls in the United States.
Vilma at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Spanish · English & American · Portuguese
Meaning
“William”
Pronunciation
/ˈviɫma/
About the name Vilma
Vilma belongs to the Spanish and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “William” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Vilma first appears in Social Security records in 1901. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #478 in 1927, and in 2024 21 babies received the name — 4,975 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.