Name

Name WISDOM

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 861 births of Wisdom in the countries below, which represents an average of 6 births of children bearing the first name Wisdom per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 88 births.

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En Français

Prénom Wisdom
In Italiano

Nome Wisdom

Information about the first name Wisdom

The first name Wisdom has been assigned to:

87.80% to boys
12.20% to girls

The country where the first name Wisdom is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 6 letters including 2 vowels and 4 consonants

Wisdom in Japanese ^*

Romaji	wisudomu
Katakana	ウィスドム
Hiragana	うぃすどむ
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Wisdom in sign language

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Wisdom in binary language

01110111 01101001 01110011 01100100 01101111 01101101

Origin and meaning of name Wisdom

English

Etymology

From Middle English wisdom, from Old English wīsdōm (“wisdom”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsadōmaz (“wisdom”), corresponding to wise +‎ -dom or wise +‎ doom (“judgement”). Cognate with Scots wisdom, wysdom (“wisdom”), West Frisian wiisdom (“wisdom”), Dutch wijsdom (“wisdom”), German Weistum (“legal sentence”), Danish/Norwegian/Swedish visdom (“wisdom”), Icelandic vísdómur (“wisdom”).

Alternative forms

wisedome (obsolete)
wisdome (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: wĭzʹdəm, IPA(key): /ˈwɪzdəm/
Rhymes: -ɪzdəm
Hyphenation: wis‧dom

Proper noun

Wisdom
(biblical) The Wisdom of Solomon, a book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.

Noun (Antonyms)

foolishness
folly

Noun (Derived terms)

conventional wisdom
pearl of wisdom
wisdomless
wisdom tooth

Noun (Related terms)

wise
wisehead
wiseness

Noun (Synonyms)

(ability to make a decision): See Thesaurus:wisdom

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English wīsdom. Equivalent to wys +‎ -dom.

Noun

wisdom (plural wisdomes)
wisdom

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈwizdoːm/

Noun (Descendants)

English: wisdom
Scots: wisdom, wysdom

Noun (Related terms)

unwisdom

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wīsadōmaz. Cognate with Old Frisian wīsdom, Old Saxon wīsdom, Old High German wīstuom, Old Norse vísdómr. Equivalent to wīs +‎ dōm.

Noun

wīsdōm m
wisdom

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈwiːsˌdoːm/, [ˈwiːzˌdoːm]

Noun (Descendants)

Middle English: wisdomEnglish: wisdom

Popularity of the name Wisdom

Number of WISDOM births per year

Popularity of the name Wisdom

Total births of Wisdom by country

		Births with the first name Wisdom
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	173 93
	Italy 1999 - 2021	145 3
	France 1900 - 2022	142 0
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2021	125 0
	Germany 2000 - 2022	94 4
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	15 3
	Austria 1984 - 2021	15 1
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	14 0
	Ireland 1964 - 2022	12 0
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	7 0
	Belgium 1995 - 2022	5 0
	Denmark 1985 - 2022	5 0
	Sweden 1998 - 2022	2 0
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	0 1
	Australia 1930 - 2022	1 0
	Portugal 2014 - 2022	1 0

Popularity of the name Wisdom

Total births of Wisdom by country (last available year)

		Births with the first name Wisdom
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 2022	35 10
	Germany 2022	17 0
	Italy 2021	12 0
	France 2022	11 0
	Argentina 2015	0 1
	Alberta 2022	0 1
	Switzerland 2021	1 0