Will

E3364

given name hypocorism

Will is a common shortened form of the given name William, frequently used as a familiar or informal first name.

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Label	Occurrences
Will canonical	36

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	given name ⓘ hypocorism ⓘ
category	English masculine given names ⓘ Hypocorisms ⓘ
commonIn	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
derivesFrom	Germanic given name Wilhelm ⓘ
etymologicalRoot	elements meaning "will, desire" and "helmet, protection" via William ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
nameType	masculine ⓘ
oftenPerceivedAs	casual ⓘ friendly ⓘ
relatedName	Bill ⓘ Bill ⓘ surface form: Billy Liam ⓘ William ⓘ Willy ⓘ surface form: Willie Willy ⓘ
shortFormOf	William ⓘ
spellingVariantOf	Wills (as surname-related nickname) ⓘ
usageType	familiar ⓘ informal ⓘ
usedAs	first name ⓘ
usedFor	informal address of people named William ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William → hasVariant → Will ⓘ

Willem → hasShortForm → Will ⓘ

Piers Plowman → mainCharacter → Will ⓘ

Bill → hasVariant → Will ⓘ

Willy → relatedName → Will ⓘ

Will Firth → givenName → Will ⓘ

G. Gordon Liddy → notableWork → Will ⓘ

Willson → hasComponent → Will ⓘ

Willis → relatedName → Will ⓘ

Wilfred → shortForm → Will ⓘ

Guglielmo → hasCognate → Will ⓘ

Will Packer → givenName → Will ⓘ

Will Keith Kellogg → givenName → Will ⓘ

Willard → canBeShortenedTo → Will ⓘ

Willard → hasDiminutive → Will ⓘ

John → hasGivenName → Will ⓘ

subject surface form: John William Ferrell

Will Byers → givenName → Will ⓘ

George F. Will → familyName → Will ⓘ

Wilbert → etymologicalComponents → Will ⓘ

Will Jennings → givenName → Will ⓘ

Will Hutton → givenName → Will ⓘ

Will Crooks → givenName → Will ⓘ

Will Roland → givenName → Will ⓘ

Billy → relatedName → Will ⓘ

It Comes at Night → characterInPlot → Will ⓘ

Will Alexander → givenName → Will ⓘ

Will McKenzie in The Inbetweeners → givenName → Will ⓘ

subject surface form: Will McKenzie

Will Sampson → givenName → Will ⓘ

Will McCormack → givenName → Will ⓘ

Will Bloom → givenName → Will ⓘ

Jamie Campbell Bower → notableWork → Will ⓘ

Sheriff Will Teasle → givenName → Will ⓘ

Will Yun Lee → givenName → Will ⓘ

Will Kemp → givenName → Will ⓘ

Coffee Town → mainCharacter → Will ⓘ

Will v. Michigan Department of State Police, 491 U.S. 58 (1989) → petitioner → Will ⓘ