Villa

See also: villa and vil·la

English

Proper noun

Villa

1. A surname from Spanish.
2. (soccer) Aston Villa Football Club, a football club based in Birmingham
   • 2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Olsson and Herd tussled off the ball at a free-kick before Olsson fell to the ground. Assistant referee Darren Cann signalled for a penalty and Dowd sent Herd off to the amazement of the Villa faithful.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Villa is the 644^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 52,817 individuals. Villa is most common among Hispanic/Latino (88.74%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Viall

Finnish

Etymology

From a vernacular form of Vilhelm (German forms include Willa, Willi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋilːɑ/, [ˈʋilːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ilːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Vil‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): Vil‧la

Proper noun

Villa

1. a Finnish surname

Declension

Inflection of Villa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Villa	Villat
genitive		Villan	Villojen
partitive		Villaa	Villoja
illative		Villaan	Villoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Villa	Villat
accusative	nom.	Villa	Villat
	gen.	Villan
genitive		Villan	Villojen Villain rare
partitive		Villaa	Villoja
inessive		Villassa	Villoissa
elative		Villasta	Villoista
illative		Villaan	Villoihin
adessive		Villalla	Villoilla
ablative		Villalta	Villoilta
allative		Villalle	Villoille
essive		Villana	Villoina
translative		Villaksi	Villoiksi
abessive		Villatta	Villoitta
instructive		—	Villoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Villa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Villani Villani accusative nom. Villani Villani gen. Villani genitive Villani Villojeni Villaini rare partitive Villaani Villojani inessive Villassani Villoissani elative Villastani Villoistani illative Villaani Villoihini adessive Villallani Villoillani ablative Villaltani Villoiltani allative Villalleni Villoilleni essive Villanani Villoinani translative Villakseni Villoikseni abessive Villattani Villoittani instructive — — comitative — Villoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Villasi Villasi accusative nom. Villasi Villasi gen. Villasi genitive Villasi Villojesi Villaisi rare partitive Villaasi Villojasi inessive Villassasi Villoissasi elative Villastasi Villoistasi illative Villaasi Villoihisi adessive Villallasi Villoillasi ablative Villaltasi Villoiltasi allative Villallesi Villoillesi essive Villanasi Villoinasi translative Villaksesi Villoiksesi abessive Villattasi Villoittasi instructive — — comitative — Villoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Villamme Villamme accusative nom. Villamme Villamme gen. Villamme genitive Villamme Villojemme Villaimme rare partitive Villaamme Villojamme inessive Villassamme Villoissamme elative Villastamme Villoistamme illative Villaamme Villoihimme adessive Villallamme Villoillamme ablative Villaltamme Villoiltamme allative Villallemme Villoillemme essive Villanamme Villoinamme translative Villaksemme Villoiksemme abessive Villattamme Villoittamme instructive — — comitative — Villoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Villanne Villanne accusative nom. Villanne Villanne gen. Villanne genitive Villanne Villojenne Villainne rare partitive Villaanne Villojanne inessive Villassanne Villoissanne elative Villastanne Villoistanne illative Villaanne Villoihinne adessive Villallanne Villoillanne ablative Villaltanne Villoiltanne allative Villallenne Villoillenne essive Villananne Villoinanne translative Villaksenne Villoiksenne abessive Villattanne Villoittanne instructive — — comitative — Villoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Villansa Villansa accusative nom. Villansa Villansa gen. Villansa genitive Villansa Villojensa Villainsa rare partitive Villaansa Villojaan Villojansa inessive Villassaan Villassansa Villoissaan Villoissansa elative Villastaan Villastansa Villoistaan Villoistansa illative Villaansa Villoihinsa adessive Villallaan Villallansa Villoillaan Villoillansa ablative Villaltaan Villaltansa Villoiltaan Villoiltansa allative Villalleen Villallensa Villoilleen Villoillensa essive Villanaan Villanansa Villoinaan Villoinansa translative Villakseen Villaksensa Villoikseen Villoiksensa abessive Villattaan Villattansa Villoittaan Villoittansa instructive — — comitative — Villoineen Villoinensa

Derived terms

• Villanen

Statistics

• Villa is the 2631^st (tied with 11 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 301 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian villa, from Latin villa.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Villa f (genitive Villa, plural Villen)

1. villa

Declension

Declension of Villa [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Villa	die	Villen
genitive	einer	der	Villa	der	Villen
dative	einer	der	Villa	den	Villen
accusative	eine	die	Villa	die	Villen

Further reading

• “Villa”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)
• “Villa” in Duden online

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvil.la/
• Rhymes: -illa
• Hyphenation: Vìl‧la

Proper noun

Villa m or f by sense

1. a surname

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara (2015–2026), Mappa dei Cognomi‎^[3]

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʝa/ [ˈbi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʝa/ [ˈbi.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʎa/ [ˈbi.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃa/ [ˈbi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʒa/ [ˈbi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: Vi‧lla

Proper noun

Villa m or f by sense

1. a surname

Derived terms

• villismo
• villista