Willow-May
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- WIL-oh-MAY
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
Willow-May is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “willow tree + the month of May”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies).
What does Willow-May mean?
English: Willow + May
“willow tree + the month of May”
Joins Willow (English, “willow tree”) and May (English, “the month of May”).
Meanings borrowed from Willow and May.
Is Willow-May a girl's or a boy's name?
Willow-May is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Willow-May in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Willow-May, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
2025 had the most girls named Willow-May of any year since it first appeared, in 2014.
Half of all the girls named Willow-May in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 30 girls in the UK were given Willow-May or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,037, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
- Willow-Mae 18
- Willow-May 12
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Willow-May in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
Names like Willow-May
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ivy Willow Hazel Ottilie Evelyn Violet Harper Winnie Everly Athena Olive Nellie
Other spellings of Willow-May
More English names
Lily Hudson Grace Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Carter Harrison River Ellie Frankie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Willow-May: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/willow-may, updated 20 October 2026.