Name
Wilson is an English, Scottish, and Northern Irish surname, common in the English-speaking world, with several distinct origins. The name is derived from a patronymic form of "Will", a popular medieval name. The medieval "Will" is derived from any of several names containing Old Norse or the first Germanic element "wil", meaning "desire". Possibly the most common of these names was "William", derived from elements "wil" and "helm", meaning "desire" and "helmet", "protection". The surname "Wilson" is first recorded in England as "Willeson" in 1324 and in Scotland as "Wulson" in 1405.
It is the seventh most common surname in England, and tenth most common in the United States, occurring 783,051 times as of 2000. Wilson is also now quite common as a surname in many other countries with a large English-speaking population such as Canada, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand.
Wilson is the third most common surname in Scotland. In the 16th and 17th century the surname was greatly increased in Ulster by the thousands of Scottish settlers and as a result of this settlement it is the most common surname in Northern Ireland.
Wilson can also be a given name.
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