William

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
William canonical 2,408
William Alexander 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2,409)

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

William Lane Craig givenName William
William Pope Duval givenName William
Coddington hasGivenName William
subject surface form: William Coddington
William J. Perry givenName William
Bill Evans givenName William
William Alston givenName William
Ramsey Clark givenName William
W. E. H. Berwick givenName William
Bill Maher givenName William
William De Morgan givenName William
William Markham givenName William
William DuVall givenName William
William Petersen givenName William
John W. Gardner middleName William
William Kincaid givenName William
William Monahan givenName William
Shepard givenName William
subject surface form: William S. Benson
William H. Roles givenName William
William W. Howells givenName William
Bill Goldberg givenName William
William Cabell givenName William
William McGregor givenName William
William Finn givenName William
William Power hasGivenName William
Senior givenName William
subject surface form: Nassau William Senior
William Coventry givenName William
William W. Bibb givenName William
William Campbell givenName William
William Cooper givenName William
William W. Bartley givenName William
William H. T. Bush givenName William