William

E772
given name masculine given name

William is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
William canonical 2,408
William Alexander 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf given name ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ
category English masculine given names ⓘ
Germanic given names ⓘ
cognate Willem ⓘ
surface form: Guglielmo

Guillaume ⓘ
Guillermo ⓘ
Willem ⓘ
surface form: Wilhelm

Willem ⓘ
derivedFrom Willem ⓘ
surface form: Willahelm
diminutive Bill ⓘ
surface form: Billy

Willy ⓘ
etymologicalComponent helm ⓘ
wil ⓘ
gender masculine ⓘ
hasNameDayInSomeTraditions January 10 ⓘ
hasOrigin Germanic languages ⓘ
Old High German ⓘ
hasVariant Bill ⓘ
Bill ⓘ
surface form: Billy

Willem ⓘ
surface form: Guglielmo

Guillaume ⓘ
Guillermo ⓘ
Liam ⓘ
Willem ⓘ
surface form: Vilhelm

Wilhelm Bittrich ⓘ
surface form: Wilhelm

Will ⓘ
Willem ⓘ
Willy ⓘ
historicalPopularity medieval England ⓘ
introducedToEnglandBy Normans ⓘ
isCommonIn Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
English-speaking countries ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
languageOfUse Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Scandinavian languages ⓘ
meaning desire ⓘ
helmet ⓘ
protection ⓘ
will ⓘ
shortForm Bill ⓘ
Liam ⓘ
Will ⓘ
usageType first name ⓘ

Referenced by (2,409)

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

William Barton Rogers → givenName → William ⓘ
William D. Ruckelshaus → givenName → William ⓘ
William T. Golden → givenName → William ⓘ
Bill Russell → givenName → William ⓘ
Vincent Astor → givenName → William ⓘ
Ruckelshaus → givenName → William ⓘ
subject surface form: William D. Ruckelshaus
William Pitt the Elder → givenName → William ⓘ
William Pitt the Younger → givenName → William ⓘ
William H. Foege → givenName → William ⓘ
Will → shortFormOf → William ⓘ
Will → relatedName → William ⓘ
Lord Beaverbrook → givenName → William ⓘ
Bill Belichick → givenName → William ⓘ
Wilson → derivedFromGivenName → William ⓘ
William Armstrong → hasGivenName → William ⓘ
subject surface form: William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong
William J. Brennan Jr. (by designation: not; remove if inaccurate) → givenName → William ⓘ
subject surface form: William J. Brennan Jr.
William Penn → givenName → William ⓘ
William Tudor → givenName → William ⓘ
Russell → givenName → William ⓘ
subject surface form: Bill Russell
William Dean Howells → givenName → William ⓘ
Willem → correspondsTo → William ⓘ
Willem → hasVariant → William ⓘ
Willem → hasCognate → William ⓘ
Will Rogers → givenName → William ⓘ
Lord Selborne → givenName → William ⓘ
subject surface form: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
Governor William Phips → givenName → William ⓘ
subject surface form: William Phips
William Tecumseh Sherman → givenName → William ⓘ
William C. Durant → givenName → William ⓘ
Archbishop William Sancroft → givenName → William ⓘ
subject surface form: William Sancroft
William Shockley → givenName → William ⓘ
Bill Nye → givenName → William ⓘ
Bill Clinton → givenName → William ⓘ
William Bradford → givenName → William ⓘ
William Graham Sumner → givenName → William ⓘ
William Irving → givenName → William ⓘ
William Newsom → givenName → William ⓘ
Liam → isDiminutiveOf → William ⓘ
Liam → isShortFormOf → William ⓘ
William Erasmus Darwin → givenName → William ⓘ
William I of Orange → givenName → William ⓘ
William T. Sampson → givenName → William ⓘ
William Wilberforce → givenName → William ⓘ
William II, Prince of Orange → givenName → William ⓘ
William Marsh Rice → givenName → William ⓘ
William R. Shafter → givenName → William ⓘ
Bill Cosby → givenName → William ⓘ
Red Holzman → givenName → William ⓘ
William Clay Ford Jr. → givenName → William ⓘ
William J. Hochul Jr. → givenName → William ⓘ
Clark Gable → givenName → William ⓘ