Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA surname transferred from the nickname. · A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Middle English wile, an occupational surname for a trapper or a nickname for a wily person.
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- Inherited-form mentionwileenm
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