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 8th 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
