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.

Will Greenwood givenName William
William D. Ford givenName William
W. Edwards Deming givenName William
Tunner givenName William
subject surface form: William H. Tunner
William Goldsmith givenName William
William Dick givenName William
William Bent givenName William
William Vandivert givenName William
William de Brus givenName William
William Meade givenName William
William E. Russell givenName William
Harriman givenName William
subject surface form: W. Averell Harriman
William Clito givenName William
W. K. Wimsatt givenName William
Big Bill givenName William
subject surface form: Big Bill Haywood
William Byers givenName William
William Hutt givenName William
W. R. Burnett givenName William
William Gray Evans givenName William
William V. Mong givenName William
Reverend William Trimble Beatty givenName William
subject surface form: William Trimble Beatty
William Dunlop givenName William
5th Viscount Howe givenName William
subject surface form: William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe
George givenName William
subject surface form: William George Barker
William Gisborne givenName William
Chris Smither givenName William
DeWitt Wallace givenName William
William Gibson givenName William
John Banville givenName William
William E. DePuy givenName William
W. P. Kinsella givenName William
William Dickson (various politicians) givenName William
subject surface form: William Dickson (Tennessee politician)
Willy Russell givenName William
William Ivey Long givenName William
William Gambel givenName William
William Fairfax givenName William