Willie

Resolute protector

A name, from Walter, from Waltier, from Waltheri (compare, which see for more details), from Waldahari, from Waldaharjaz, Related Compare herald and Harold, in which these elements are reversed

Popularized by the character in 's play, Peter Pan (1904) (though occasionally found earlier; the author explained that he got it from Fwendy-Wendy ("friend"), a nickname given to him by a child

Several places in England, from west + lēah

Brave in war; from Old English 'wigheard'

From the - surname (de) Warenne, a reference to a place called Varenne, a hamlet near, along the river Varenne in Normandy, from Warinna, a hydronym of /- origin, from var-, t=river, water, ultimately from h₂wer-; see also the Latin river Avara