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Willis is a surname of French and English origin. The oldest extant family of the name, the Willes family of Warwickshire, formerly of Newbold Comyn and Fenny Compton, has used the spellings 'Willis,' 'Willys,' and 'Wyllys' and appear in records from 1330.[1] In this case, the name derives from the name de Welles (under which name the family were Lincolnshire noblemen) which comes from the Norman name de Vallibus (meaning 'of the valley'), which in turn was derived from the Vaux family tree. The Vaux family, established in England by Harold de Vaux, a close relative of William the Conqueror, appears in French records from 794. They had held power in their own right and through royal intermarriages.[2]There are other derivations of the name, including 'son of William/ Will' (whereby the name has developed from 'Wills', and is similar to 'Wilson' and other related names);[3] because of the popularity of the name 'William' since the Norman conquest, it is clear that by no means are all people with this surname- even very distantly- related.[4] Sources of the name notwithstanding, specific notable Willis families (aside from those in Warwickshire, aforementioned) were of: Halsnead, Lancashire (now in Whiston, Merseyside); Atherfield, on the Isle of Wight (and subsequently of an estate named after it at Woldingham, Surrey); and Monk's Barn, Petersfield, Hampshire. The Willis (later Willis Bund) family were of Wick, Worcestershire, a cadet branch of the Cambridgeshire family from which also came brothers Thomas and Richard Willis (also Willys), each created a baronet, both titles being extinct at the failure of their descendants by 1732.[5] Humphrey Willis, an English soldier who became Sheriff of County Donegal and County Fermanagh, was of a yeomanry/ minor gentry family[6] of Woolavington, Somerset, related on his mother's side to the Pophams of Huntworth;[7] he was the ancestor of the Willis family of Florencecourt, County Fermanagh, later also of Monmouthshire, of which came the physician and foreign advisor to Japan, William Willis, and the writer Anthony Armstrong (born George Anthony Armstrong Willis);[8][9][10] George Willis, who farmed at Florencecourt, discovered the Florencecourt Yew in 1767.[11][12] Notable persons with this surname include: {{compact ToC|side=yes|top=yes|num=yes}}A- Adam Willis (footballer) (born 1976), retired English footballer
- Albert Sydney Willis (1843–1897), American politician
- Alicia Leigh Willis (born 1978), American actress
- Allee Willis, American songwriter
- Arthur Willis (1920–1987), English footballer
- Austin Willis (1917–2004), Canadian actor
- Achille Murat Willis, Jr. (1916–2011), Chairman of the Board of Regents, University of North Texas
B- Bailey Willis (1857-1949), American geologist
- Beth Willis (producer), British television producer
- Betty Willis (artist) (1923–2015), American artist and graphic designer
- Betty Willis (singer) (1941–2018), American singer
- Bill Willis (1921–2007), American footballer
- Bob Willis (born 1949), English cricketer
- Bobby Willis (1942–1999), British songwriter
- Browne Willis (1682–1760), English antiquarian and numismatist
- Bruce Willis (born 1955), American actor
C- Cardis Cardell Willis (1937-2007), American comedian
- Carl Willis (born 1960), former American baseball player
- Carl Willis (Australian) (1893–1930), Australian rules footballer
- Carol Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Charles Willis (1827–1895), English cricketer
- Charles T. Willis (1841–1921), New York politician
- Chris Willis, American singer
- Chuck Willis (1928–1958), American blues singer/songwriter
- Connie Willis (born 1945), American science fiction writer
- Craig Willis (born 1954), Australian sports announcer
D- Dave Willis (born 1970), American voice actor
- David Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Deborah Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Dinah Willis (born 1945), American model
- Dixie Willis (born 1941), former Australian middle distance runner
- Donald Willis (born 1973), former American football player
- Don Willis (1909–1984), American pool hustler
- Dontrelle Willis (born 1982), Major League pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
E- Eddie Willis (born 1936), African-American musician
- Edward Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Edwin B. Willis (1893–1963), American film set designer
- Edwin E. Willis (1904–1972), American politician
- Elizabeth Willis (born 1961), American poet
- Ellen Willis (1941–2006), American political essayist
- Eric Willis (1922–1999), Australian politician
- Errick Willis (1896–1967), Canadian politician
F- F. McGrew Willis (1891 – 1957), American screenwriter
- Felicity Willis (born 1978), Puerto Rican basketball player
- Francis Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Frank Wills (disambiguation), several people
- Fred Willis (born 1947), retired American football player
- Sir Frederick Arthur Willis (d. 1899), British Army general
- Frederick Smythe Willis (1862 – 1910), Mayor of Willoughby, New South Wales
G- Gary Willis, American musician
- Geoff Willis (born 1959), Formula One Technical Director (Red Bull)
- George Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Gerri Willis, CNN news anchor
- Gordon Willis (1931–2014), American cinematographer
H- Harry Graham Willis (1875 – 1934), English colonial administrator
- Henry Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Henry Parker Willis (1874–1937), American finance expert
- Humphrey Willis, Anglo-Irish soldier of the 16th century
I- Ike Willis, American musician
J- James Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Jason Willis (born 1980), American footballer
- Jerome Willis (born 1928), British stage and screen actor
- Jim Willis (baseball) (born 1927), American former baseball player
- John Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Jordan Willis (American football) (born 1995), American football player
- Judith Willis, American biologist
K- Katherine Willis (born 1971), American actress
- Kelly Willis (born 1968), American country music singer/songwriter
- Keith Willis (born 1959), former American footballer
- Ken Willis (born 1968), former American footballer
- Kevin Willis (born 1962), former American professional basketball player
L- Larry Willis (born 1942), American jazz pianist
- Leo Willis (1890–1952), American actor
- Leslie R. H. Willis (1908 – 1984), English engineer and archaeologist
- Linda Willis (born 1949), witness during the assassination of President Kennedy
M- Marcus Willis (born 1990), British tennis player
- Mark Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Matt Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Matthew Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Meredith Sue Willis (born 1946), American writer
- Michael Willis (born 1949), American actor
- Michelle Willis, American composer
- Mike Willis (born 1950), former American baseball player
N- Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867), American author, poet and editor
- Nick Willis (born 1983), New Zealand middle distance athlete
- Noah G. Willis (1940-2015), American politician
- Norman Willis (born 1933), British TYC General Secretary (1984–93)
P- Patrick Willis (born 1985), American footballer
- Patrick Willis (judge) (born 1950), American judge
- Paul Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Pete Willis (born 1960), British musician
- Peter Willis (born 1937), former English footballer
- Peter Tom Willis (born 1967), former American footballer
- Phil Willis (b 1941), British politician
- Phillip Willis (1918–1995), witness the assassination of President Kennedy
- Patricia Willis, American novelist who wrote a handful of novels most notably Danger Along the Ohio
R- Ralph Willis (born 1938), Australian politician
- Ray Willis (born 1982), American footballer
- Raymond E. Willis (1875–1956), US senator from Indiana
- Rex Willis (1924–2000), Welsh rugby union player
- Richard Storrs Willis (1818–1900), American composer
- Richard Willis (spy) (c. 1613-1690), English Civil War spy
- Richard Gardiner Willis (1865–1929), Canadian politician
- Richard Raymond Willis (1876–1968), English Victoria Cross recipient
- Robert Willis (1800–1875), English scientist
- Robert Willis (1800–1875), English academic and writer on church architecture
- Robert Willis, dean of Canterbury since 2001
- Robert Willis (1868 – 1921), English diplomat posted in China
- Rosemary Willis (born 1953), witness to the assassination of President Kennedy
- Rumer Willis (born 1968), American actress
S- Sam Willis (born 1977), British historian
- Sarah Willis (author), American novelist
- Shane Willis (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
- Simon Willis, British journalist
- Simon Willis (cricketer) (born 1974), former English cricketer
T - Ted Willis, Baron Willis (1914–1992), British television dramatist
- Sir Thomas Willys, 1st Baronet (also 'Willis'); brother of Richard Willis (c. 1613-1690), above
- Thomas Willis (1621–1675), English doctor and founder of modern neurology
- Tom Willis (footballer) (born 1983), Australian soccer player
- Tom Willis (rugby union) (born 1979), New Zealand rugby union player
V- Vic Willis (1875–1947), American Major League baseball player
- Victor Willis (born 1951), American singer/songwriter
W- Walt Willis (1919–1999), Irish science fiction writer
- Walter Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Wesley Willis (1963–2003), Chicago artist and musician
- William Nicholas Willis (1858–1922), Australian politician
- William Willis (1837–1894), British physician
- William Willis (1897–1971), American sailor and adventurer
- William Willis (1841–1923), British inventor
- William Willis (1794–1870), American politician, Mayor of Portland, Maine, in 1857
- William Willis Garth (1828–1912), American politician
- Wincey Willis (born 1948), weather forecaster on TVAM in Britain in the 1980s
{{surname|Willis}}References1. ^Burke's Landed Gentry, 1969, 'Willes formerly of Newbold Comyn'
2. ^History of the Welles family of England and Normandy, Albert Welles, 1876, pp 6-8
3. ^The Scottish Surnames of Colonial America, David Dobson, 2003, pg 148
4. ^American Surnames, Elsdon Coles Smith, 1986, pg 49
5. ^Burke's Family Index, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1976, pp. 166-167
6. ^Somerset in the Civil War and Interregnum, David Underdown, David & Charles, 1973, p. 107
7. ^http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D913208
8. ^The County Families of the United Kingdom, Edward Walford, Chatto & Windus, 1886, p. 1114
9. ^http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/67269
10. ^The Royal Navy as I Saw It, G. H. A. Willis, John Murray, 1924, pp. 1-3
11. ^https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/florence-court/features/the-original-irish-yew-tree-at-florence-court
12. ^'The Nomenclature and History in Cultivation of the Irish Yew, Taxus Baccata "Fastigiata"', E. Charles Nelson, Contributions from the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, 1-5, National Botanic Gardens (Ireland), Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1976, p. 33
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