Willard

in Ohio

There are 543 people with the last name "Willard" in Ohio.

Ranking in Ohio

Name	Rank
Willard	2,153

is 2,149th most common Bays
is 2,150th most common Gale
is 2,151st most common Grover
is 2,152nd most common Hackney
is 2,153rd most common Willard
is 2,154th most common Dunfee
is 2,155th most common Parsley
is 2,156th most common Weston
is 2,157th most common Dickman

Meaning & History

Willard

English: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements wil ‘will’, ‘desire’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.

Probably an Americanized form of the German cognate Willhardt (see Willert).

FOREBEARS Simon Willard (1605–76) came from Horsmonden, Kent, England, to Boston, MA, in 1634. In that year he became one of the founders of Cambridge, MA, and the following year (1635) was a founder of Concord, MA. Twenty years later, in 1659, he was a founder of Lancaster, MA. Simon Willard was involved in numerous confrontations with the native American Indians, in particular in King Philip's War of 1675–76. He had seventeen children and was the ancestor of many prominent Americans.