Will (given name): Difference between revisions

Will [wil] or Wil is a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of William, Wilson, Wilfred, Wilbert, Willow, Wilmer, Wilbur, Wilhelm, Wilhelmina, Wilma, Willard or Willeke.

Notable people with the name include:

Men

• Will Pocknell (2012-now), My Boyfriend
• Will Alsop (1947–2018), British architect
• Will Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Will Arnett (born 1970), Canadian-American actor, voice actor and comedian
• Will Bagley (1950–2021), American historian
• Will Barclay (born 1969), American politician
• Will Barnet (1911–2012), American artist
• Will Biederman, American engineer
• Will Black (born 2006), Canadian American football player
• Wil Boessen (born 1964), Dutch football manager and former player
• Will Brownsberger (born 1957), American politician
• Will Burkart, American comedian
• Will Bynum (born 1983), American basketball player
• Wil Calhoun, American television producer and writer
• Will Chase (born 1970), American actor and singer
• Will Clapp (born 1995), American football player
• Will Clark (born 1964), American baseball player
• Will Clyburn (born 1990), American professional basketball player
• Wil Cordero (born 1971), Puerto Rican baseball player
• Will Craig (born 1994), American baseball player
• Will Dissly (born 1996), American football player
• Will Durant (1885–1981), American writer and historian
• Will Durst (born 1952), American humorist
• Will Echoles (born 2006), American football player
• Will Eisner (1917–2005), American cartoonist
• Will Eno (born 1965), American playwright
• Will Estes (born 1978), American actor
• Will Ferrell (born 1967), American actor
• Will Finn (born 1958), American animator
• Will Flemming (born 1979), American sportscaster
• Will Fries (born 1998), American football player
• Will Forte (born 1970), American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer
• Will Fuller (born 1994), American football player
• Will Geer (1902–1978), American actor and social activist
• Will Graham (evangelist) (born 1975), American evangelist
• Will Grier (born 1995), American football player
• Will Grigg (born 1991), English footballer
• Will Gold (born 1996), English Internet personality and musician
• Will Hall (American football) (born 1980), American football coach
• Will Hall (writer) (born 1966), American mental health advocate, writer, and counselor
• Will Harris (American football) (born 1997), American football player
• Will Hastings (born 1996), American football player
• Will Hay (1888–1949), English comedian
• Will H. Hays (1879–1954), American politician
• Will Heard (born 1991), English singer-songwriter
• Will Heldt (born 2005), American football player
• Will Hernandez (born 1995), American football player
• Will Hill (born 1990), American football player
• Will Holden (American football) (born 1993), American football player
• Will Holland (born 1998), American baseball player
• Will Hutchins (1930–2025), American actor
• Wil S. Hylton, American journalist
• Will Inman (poet) (1923–2009), American poet
• Will Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Wil Jones (basketball, born 1947), American basketball player
• Will Kacmarek (born 2003), American football player
• Will Keith Kellogg (1860–1951), American businessman, founder of the Kellogg food company
• Will Kemp (actor, born 1977), English actor and dancer
• Will Kimbrough (born 1964), American singer-songwriter
• Will Klein (baseball) (born 1999), American baseball player
• Will Lee (disambiguation), multiple people
• Will Levis (born 1999), American football player
• Wil London (born 1997), American sprinter
• Wil Lutz (born 1994), American football player
• Will Lyman (born 1948), American voice actor
• Will Mallory (born 1999), American football player
• Will Mastin (1878–1975), American entertainer
• Wil McCarthy (born 1966), American science fiction novelist
• Will McClay (born 1966), American football player and coach
• Will McDonald IV (born 1999), American football player
• Will Murray (born 1953), American author and scholar of pulp fiction
• Will Muschamp (born 1971), American football head coach
• Wil Myers (born 1990), American baseball player
• Wil Nieves (born 1977), Puerto Rican baseball player
• Will Nightingale (born 1995), English footballer
• Will Ospreay (born 1993), English professional wrestler
• Will Overstreet (born 1979), American football player
• Will Patton (born 1954), American actor
• Will Pauling (born 2003), American football player
• Will Poulter (born 1993), English actor
• Will Perdue (born 1965), American basketball player
• Will Putnam (born 2000), American football player
• Will Rayman (born 1997), American-Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Will Reichard (born 2001), American football player
• Will Richard (born 2002), American basketball player
• Will Riley (born 2006), Canadian basketball player
• Wil Robinson (born 1949), American basketball player
• Will Rogers (1879–1935), American humorist
• Will Rogers (American football) (born 2001), American football player
• Will Ryan (1949–2021), American voice actor
• Will Sampson (1933–1987), American actor and painter
• Will Sasso (born 1975), Canadian actor
• Will Sheppard (born 2002), American football player
• Will Shipley (born 2002), American football player
• Will Shortz (born 1952), American puzzle creator
• Wil Shriner (born 1953), American actor
• Will Smith (born 1968), American actor and rapper
• Will Solomon (born 1978), American basketball player
• Will Sommers (died 1560), the best-known court jester of King Henry VIII
• Will Streets (1886–1916), English soldier and poet of the First World War
• Will Sutton (born 1991), American football player
• Will Tschetter (born 2003), American basketball player
• Will Tilston (born 2007), British actor
• Wil Trapp (born 1993), American soccer player
• Wil Traval (born 1980), Australian actor
• Wil van der Aalst (born 1966), Dutch computer scientist, and professor
• Will Vinton (1947–2018), American filmmaker
• Wil Waluchow (born 1953), Canadian philosopher
• Will Weaver (basketball) (born c. 1984), American basketball coach
• Wil Wheaton (born 1972), American actor
• Will Whitehorn (born 1960), British business executive
• Will Wilson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Will Windham (born 1985), American football coach
• Will Wright (disambiguation), multiple people
• Will Wynn (born 1961), former mayor of Austin, Texas
• Will Wood, American musician, singer-songwriter, and comedian
• Will Young (disambiguation), multiple people
• Will Yun Lee (born 1971), American actor

Women

Fictional characters

• Wil, the main character of the Welsh-language TV series Wil Cwac Cwac
• Will, in the video game Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
• Will Blake, in the Goosebumps series
• Will Byers, one of the main characters of Stranger Things
• Will Cloud, one of the main characters in the 2014 film Cloud 9
• Will Gardner, on the American TV series The Good Wife
• Will Graham, protagonist of Thomas Harris’ 1981 novel Red Dragon, two film adaptations of the novel and the television series Hannibal
• Will Griggs, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Will Herondale from Cassandra Clare’s The Infernal Devices
• Will Horton, on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Will Hunting, protagonist of the 1997 film Good Will Hunting
• Will Ladislaw, in George Eliot’s Middlemarch
• Wil Ohmsford, in the fantasy novel The Elfstones of Shannara and the TV series The Shannara Chronicles
• Will Robinson, one of the main characters in the TV series Lost in Space
• Will Sawyer, the protagonist in the 2018 film Skyscraper
• Will Scarlet, one of Robin Hood’s Merry Men
• Will Solace from Rick Riordan’s The Trials of Apollo
• Will Treaty from John Flanagan’s Ranger’s Apprentice
• Will Truman, one of the title characters of the TV sitcom Will & Grace
• Will Turner, in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series
• Wilhelmina “Will” Vandom, one of the five main titular characters in the 2017 republished comic book series of W.I.T.C.H.