Name: William
Gender: Male
Usage: William is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name William are in general originating from Australia, Belgium, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name William across the world, see Wilhelm.
Meaning: The meaning of the name William is: Resolute protector, Protector.
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Numerology of the first name William: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name William is ranked on the 76th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 5719600 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.079% of the population. The name William has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name William for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of William is 25 June.
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History and Origin
William is a popular given name of old Germanic origin. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." The name's shortened familiar version in English is Bill, Billy, Will or Willie. A common Irish form is Liam. Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina.
English: the most successful of all the Germanic names introduced to England by the Normans. It is composed of the elements wil will, desire + helm helmet, protection. The fact that it was borne by the Conqueror himself does not seem to have inhibited its favour with the ‘conquered’ population: in the first century after the Conquest it was the commonest male name of all, not only among Normans. In the later Middle Ages it was overtaken by John, but continued to run second to that name until the 20th century, when the picture became more fragmented. It was a royal name not only in England, but also in Germany and the Netherlands.
Cognates: Irish Gaelic: Liam. Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam. Welsh: Gwilym. French: Guillaume. Italian: Guglielmo. Spanish: Guilermo. Catalan: Guillem. Portuguese: Guilherme. German: Wilhelm. Low German, Dutch: Willem. Scandinavian: Vilhelm. Czech: Vilem. Hungarian: Vilmos. Finnish: Vilppu.
Short forms: English: Will, Bill. German: Wim.
Pet forms: English and Scottish: Willy, Willie. German: Willi.
Feminine forms: English: Willa, Wilma, Billie. German: Wilhelmina, Wilhelmine, Helmine, Helma, Mine. Hungarian: Vilma.
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