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William is related to the German given name Wilhelm. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz, with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name Vilhjalmr and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin Willelmus. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *wiljô "will, wish, desire" and *helmaz "helm, helmet". [3]
Wilhelm Göcke (1898–1944), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant; Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (1840–1921), German neurologist; Wilhelm Hetling (1740–1798), Baltic-German politician and the first mayor of Reval (modern-day Tallinn) Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835), Prussian philosopher and diplomat; Wilhelm Imkamp (born 1951), German ...
Liam is a short form of the Irish name Uilliam or the old Germanic name William. Etymology The original name was a merging of two Old German elements: willa [ 1 ] ("will" or "resolution"); and helma ("helmet").
Of the large number of medieval Germanic names, a comparatively small set remains in common use today. For almost a thousand years, the most frequent name of Germanic origin in the English-speaking world has traditionally been William (from the Old High German Willahelm), followed by Robert, Richard and Henry.
Wilhelmina (also: Wilhelmena, Wilhelmine, Wilhemina) is a feminine given name, the Dutch, German and Yiddish form of Wilhelm or William, which is derived from the Germanic wil, meaning "will, desire" and helm, meaning "helmet, protection".
(Ironically, Mountbatten was not Philip's original surname either, as he was born Prince Philip of Greece, however, he adopted his maternal grandparents's last name—itself an English translation ...
Traditionally, there are dialectal differences between the regions of German-speaking Europe, especially visible in the forms of hypocorisms.These differences are still perceptible in the list of most popular names, even though they are marginalized by super-regional fashionable trends: As of 2012, the top ten given names of Baden-Württemberg (Southern Germany) and of Schleswig-Holstein ...
Guillaume (surname), William Guillaume is the French equivalent of William , which is of old Germanic origin from wille + helm (resolute protector). [ 1 ] It is an Oïl form corresponding to Occitan Guilhem and the Catalan form Guillem .