W I L L O W
Origin: Old English
Meaning: “slender”, “graceful”
Pronunciation: WIL-low
Popularity: As a given name, Willow has surged in popularity over the past decade, climbing from 852 in the US Top 1000 when it debuted in 1998, to 290 in 2010. The name charted in the bottom half of the Top 100 in Canada in the early part of the 2000s, and first entered Australia’s Top 100 in 2009.