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Gender Feminine
Usage Icelandic (Modern)
Meaning & History
Recently created name intended to mean "wild maiden" from Old Norse villr "wild" (compare Icelandic villiblóm "wildflower") combined with Old Norse mey "maiden, girl" (an alternative form of mær). This was used by Norwegian-Swedish author Margit Sandemo (1924-2018) for Villimey Kalebsdóttir, a character in her Ísfólkið series of books.