Baby names info for WILLIAM:

• Gender: boy
• Syllables: 2
• Characters: 7
• Pronunciation: WILL-yum, WILL-em

Origin and Meaning:

• English meaning of the name WILLIAM for a boy:
  • protector

• French meaning of the name WILLIAM for a boy:
  • determined protector

• German meaning of the name WILLIAM for a boy:
  • resolute protector, will

• Hebrew (Biblical) meaning of the name WILLIAM for a boy:
  • strenuous guardian

Baby Names Popularity:

• WILLIAM is the 5^th most popular boy's name in the United States.

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Alternate Forms and Spellings:

• BILL BILLE BILLEE BILLI BILLIE BILLIELEIGH BILLY BILLYE WILIAM WILL WILLA WILLAIM WILLAM WILLAMAR WILLE WILLEM WILLI WILLIA WILLIAMINA WILLIAMON WILLIAMS WILLIAMSON WILLIAN WILLIE WILLIEM WILLILAM WILLIUM WILLY WILM

Nicknames:

• WILL, WILLIE, BILL, BILLY

WILLIAM appears in the following lists of names:

• United States Supreme Court Justices
• Presidents of the United States
• Signers of the Declaration of Independence
• Pulitzer Prize-winning authors (fiction)
• National Spelling Bee winners
• Wimbledon Men's Tennis Champions
• Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
• Famous Classical Music composers
• Nobel Peace Prize winners
• Baseball Hall of Famers
• Pro Football Hall-of-Famers
• Hockey Hall of Famers
• Basketball Hall of Famers
• United States Attorney Generals
• Kentucky Derby winning jockeys
• National Aviation Hall of Fame enshrinees
• Vice Presidents of the United States
• United States Secretaries of State
• Marlon Brando roles
• Time Magazine's 100 most influential people (2009)
• Harrison Ford roles
• The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of Alltime (Premiere)
• Speakers of the House of Representatives (U.S.)
• Prime Ministers of Canada
• Tom Cruise roles
• International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees
• Morgan Freeman roles
• World Golf Hall of Fame members
• Johnny Depp roles