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

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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.

Sir William Armyne givenName William
William the Rich givenName William
William Walters givenName William
William Langlois givenName William
William Worth givenName William
William White givenName William
William Craig givenName William
William D. Porter givenName William
William Mullins givenName William
William Crookes givenName William
Bibb givenName William
subject surface form: William Wyatt Bibb
Meacham givenName William
subject surface form: William Meacham
William Henderson givenName William
Captain Kidd givenName William
Indiana Pacers retired his name in their Ring of Honor givenName William
subject surface form: Bobby Leonard
William Fretter givenName William
William Hicks givenName William
William F. Nolan givenName William
broadcasting executive William S. Paley givenName William
subject surface form: William S. Paley
Will Estes givenName William
Slocum givenName William
subject surface form: William F. Slocum
Billy Lyall givenName William
William Leggett givenName William
William Gopallawa givenName William
W. Strahan givenName William
Lord Justice James givenName William