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    Wilder

    WILE-der

    English/Germanic
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Wild; Untamed; Of the wilderness
    Origin
    English/Germanic
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Wilder does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Wild; Untamed; Of the wilderness", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Wilder.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Wilder is the wilderness encounter — where God allures the soul, speaks comfortably, and transforms wasteland into intimacy.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Hosea 2:14

      "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her."

    • Matthew 3:3

      "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight."

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