Wilmar

I understand that the name Wilmar is currently popular in Latin America, but to list it as solely "Spanish (Latin American)" does the name a disservice, as its history precedes its use there by many centuries. For example, it was already in use in medieval Germany - long before the discovery of the Americas! I imagine the same applies to the other Germanic countries of continental Europe, where the name is still in use to this day (albeit not as much as in Latin America). As such, you might want to consider amending this entry to better reflect the name's history or use in the Germanic cultures of continental Europe.

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Sources:
- see the entry for Willamar on page 1603 of "Altdeutsches Namenbuch" (1900) written by Ernst Förstemann: https://archive.org/details/altdeutschesnam00seelgoog/page/n815/mode/1up (in German; mentions Wilmar)
- https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Wilmar (in English)
- https://nvb.meertens.knaw.nl/naam/is/Wilmar (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in the Netherlands in 2017)
- http://www.names.be/voornamen.html?met=Wilmar&sort=beldesc (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in Belgium in 2009)
- 12th-century bishop Wilmar of the diocese of Brandenburg (Germany): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmar_(Brandenburg) (in German)
- Wilmar Hager (1903-after 1945): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmar_Hager (in German)
- Wilmar Riegenring (1905-1986): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmar_Riegenring (in German)
- Wilmar Sabaß (1902-1980): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmar_Sabaß (in German)
- obituaries of modern Germans named
Wilmar: https://www.google.nl/search?q=%22Wilmar%22+%2B+Traueranzeige&source=hp&sca_esv=587141471&hl=nl&tbm=isch&oq=%22Wilmar%22+%2B+Traueranzeige (in German)
- https://be.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Wilmar/+/be-0-Belgi%C3%AB (lists only bearers living in Belgium)
- https://de.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Wilmar/+/de-0-Duitsland (lists only bearers living in Germany)
- https://nl.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Wilmar/+/nl-0-Nederland (lists only bearers living in the Netherlands)

Usages: German (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), Germanic

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Pronunciation: VIL-mar(German)

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Meaning: Derived from Gothic vilja "will, desire" combined with Old High German mâri "famous."

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A Columbian namesake is the football referee Wilmar Roldán Pérez (Confed Cup 2017), http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/deutschlands-confed-cup-sieg-gegen-kamerun-doppelter-videobeweis-doppeltes-jubilaeum-a-1154191.html

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Has still some currency in German: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22wilmar%22+site%3Astayfriends.de&t=canonical&ia=web

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(Information from name #12162 originally submitted by user Lucille)