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 Mapother givenName William
Bill McKinney givenName William
Bill Wennington givenName William
Bill Wambsganss givenName William
William Glover (various professions) givenName William
subject surface form: William Glover (politician)
William Glover (various professions) givenName William
subject surface form: William Glover (artist)
William Glover (various professions) givenName William
subject surface form: William Glover (theatre manager)
William Glover (various professions) givenName William
subject surface form: William Glover (footballer)
William Glover (various professions) givenName William
subject surface form: William Glover (academic)
Sonny Criss givenName William
William H. Emory givenName William
Wittliff givenName William
subject surface form: William D. Wittliff
Foulkes givenName William
subject surface form: Bill Foulkes
Bill Dixon givenName William
William Kent givenName William
William D. Newbold givenName William
Frawley givenName William
subject surface form: William Frawley
William B. Caldwell givenName William
subject surface form: William B. Caldwell I
William B. Caldwell givenName William
subject surface form: William B. Caldwell II
William B. Caldwell givenName William
subject surface form: William B. Caldwell III
William B. Caldwell givenName William
subject surface form: William B. Caldwell IV
Macqueen givenName William
subject surface form: William Macqueen
The Refrigerator givenName William
subject surface form: William Perry
William J. Bratton givenName William
Rupertus givenName William
subject surface form: William H. Rupertus
William Scott givenName William
Willie Applegarth givenName William
Jefferson givenName William
subject surface form: William Hague
Hague givenName William