Definitions for WILLS
wills

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1. Willsnoun

   A patronymic surname "son of Will".

2. Willsnoun

   transferred from the surname, or a diminutive of William.

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1. Wills

   Legal documents that are declarations of individuals' wishes regarding the disposal of their property or estate after death; esp: written instruments, legally executed, by which dispositions are made of estates. LIVING WILLS are written declarations regarding prolongation of life by extraordinary means.

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1. WILLS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wills is ranked #1244 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Wills surname appeared 28,219 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 10 would have the surname Wills.
   
   76.1% or 21,475 total occurrences were White.
   17.9% or 5,077 total occurrences were Black.
   2.7% or 762 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2% or 581 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 195 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 130 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Anagrams for WILLS »

1. swill

How to pronounce WILLS?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say WILLS in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of WILLS in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of WILLS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of WILLS in a Sentence

1. Francis Cardinal George, OMI:

   People of faith care how Scripture is read and interpreted because, like faith itself, Scripture is a gift given to the care of the Church for our salvation. God gives us these gifts because he wills us to be saved.

2. Judge McFarlane:

   I have held that, because of the constitutional position of the Sovereign, it is appropriate to have a special practice in relation to royal wills, there is a need to enhance the protection afforded to truly private aspects of the lives of this limited group of individuals in order to maintain the dignity of the Sovereign and close members of her family.

3. Charlotte Brontë:

   But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master -- something that at times strangely wills and works for itself. If the result be attractive, the World will praise you, who little deserve praise; if it be repulsive, the same World will blame you, who almost as little deserve blame.

4. Marcus Aurelius:

   Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.

5. Leon Battista Alberti:

   A man can do all things if he but wills them.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wills
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html