67%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage German, Ancient Germanic [1] Meaning & History Derived from the Germanic elements wil "will, desire" and bald "bold". Saint Willibald was an 8th-century bishop of Eichstätt, Bavaria. Categories brave, courage, desire, saints Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 1594.