Willets Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Arms linked to Willes and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Family name meaning

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Willets is usually a form of Willes. Its meaning, shared with Willes, is “Son of Will (William)”.

Willets is listed among the recognised spellings of Willes. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Willets with 528 bearers, at rank 41,234. That puts it among the top 50,000 US surnames.

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