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

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Referenced by (2,409)

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

pirate Captain Kidd givenName William
subject surface form: Captain William Kidd
Bobby Leonard givenName William
William Skinner givenName William
William Livingston givenName William
William Samuel Paley givenName William
subject surface form: William S. Paley
Paley givenName William
subject surface form: William S. Paley
William C. Paley givenName William
William F. Gay hasGivenName William
William A. Egan givenName William
Will Butler givenName William
William H. Woodin givenName William
William Moore givenName William
William Wales givenName William
William Blount givenName William
William Hopper givenName William
William Hurt givenName William
Lord Shelburne givenName William
William Lundigan givenName William
Burnet givenName William
subject surface form: William Burnet Tuthill
William H. Hunt givenName William
William Knox hasGivenName William
subject surface form: William Knox (poet)
William Knox hasGivenName William
subject surface form: William Knox (Australian politician)
William Knox hasGivenName William
subject surface form: William Knox (bishop)
William Knox hasGivenName William
subject surface form: William Knox (British politician)
William Knox hasGivenName William
subject surface form: William Knox (historian)
Buzz Schneider givenName William
Willie Park Sr. givenName William
Stephen Boyd givenName William
Edgar Buchanan givenName William
William Styron givenName William
Spike Dykes givenName William
Commandant William Ward Burrows givenName William
subject surface form: William Ward Burrows