Name
WILLIAM

Name WILLIAM

Between 1880 and 2019 there were 4,799,981 births of William in the countries below, which represents an average of 34,532 births of children bearing the first name William per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 23,643 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom William   
In Italiano Nome William   
Available variant : William-


Information about the first name William

We celebrate William on January 10th
The first name William is listed in our categories :The first name William has been assigned to:
99.75% to boys
0.25% to girls
The country where the first name William is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 7 letters including 3 vowels and 4 consonants

Anagrams of the first name William

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of William : Wililam, Willaim, Willami, Willima

William in Japanese *

Romajiwiriamu
Katakanaウィリアム
Hiraganaうぃりあむ
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
William in Japanese
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William in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name William

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Anglo-Norman Willame, from Old High German Willahelm, from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz, from *wiljô (“will”) + *helmaz (“helmet”). Cognate with German Wilhelm and Latin Gulielmus.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɪl.jəm/, /ˈwɪl.i.əm/
FR French
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from English William, though ultimately of Anglo-Norman [Term?] origin. Doublet of Guillaume.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /wi.ljam/
Proper noun src :
  • William ?
  • A male given name
HU Hungarian
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ ˈvilijɛm]
  • Hyphenation: Wil‧li‧am
Proper noun src :
  • William
  • William
SE Swedish
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from English William. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1675. Cognate with Swedish Vilhelm.
Alternative forms src :
  • Villiam
Proper noun src :
  • William c (genitive Williams)
  • A male given name.
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
  • Wille (diminutive)
DK Danish
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from English William.
Proper noun src :
  • William
  • A male given name
 

Popularity of the name William

Number of WILLIAM births per year

Popularity of the name William
Popularity of the name William

Total births of William by country

Births with the first name William
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2019
4,131,182
11,281
ONOntario
1913 - 2018
144,586
228
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2019
108,807
3
FRFrance
1900 - 2019
76,298
23
BRBrazil
1930 - 2010
61,147
350
AUAustralia
1944 - 2019
60,054
0
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2019
55,416
0
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2019
26,783
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2019
24,957
60
SESweden
1998 - 2019
21,513
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2019
20,295
0
NSNew Scotland
1920 - 2019
15,183
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2019
11,970
3
NONorway
1945 - 2019
8,619
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2019
6,644
2
ITItaly
1999 - 2018
3,888
12
BEBelgium
1995 - 2019
3,773
0
CHSwitzerland
1912 - 2019
3,248
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
1,451
0
PLPoland
2000 - 2019
538
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2018
449
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
378
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2019
290
0
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2019
285
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2018
265
0
Popularity of the name William

Total births of William by country (last available year)

Births with the first name William
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2019
13,542
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2019
2,667
0
BRBrazil
2010
1,213
11
AUAustralia
2019
1,068
0
FRFrance
2019
756
0
SESweden
2019
725
0
ONOntario
2018
660
0
QCQuebec
2019
659
0
DKDenmark
2019
556
1
NONorway
2019
333
0
NZNew Zealand
2019
210
0
ITItaly
2018
203
0
BCBritish Columbia
2019
191
0
ABAlberta
2019
185
0
BEBelgium
2019
183
0
IEIreland
2019
141
0
CHSwitzerland
2019
91
0
NLNetherlands
2019
48
0
DEGermany
2018
46
0
NSNew Scotland
2019
39
0
ARArgentina
2015
34
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
32
0
PLPoland
2019
27
0
ATAustria
2018
22
0

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Personalities with the first name William

There are 3343 personalities with the first name William

William Shakespeare src

Kingdom of england
Playwright

Bill Gates (William Henry Gates Iii) src

United states of america
Financier Programmer Philanthropist Bridge player Actor Computer scientist Entrepreneur Inventor Investor

Bill Clinton (William Jefferson Blythe Iii) src

United states of america
Statesperson Politician

Stephen Hawking src

United kingdom
Writer Cosmologist Theoretical physicist

Bertrand Russell (Bertrand Arthur William Russell) src

United kingdom United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Philosopher of science Metaphysician Autobiographer Science fiction writer Philosopher of language Analytic philosopher Writer Politician Mathematician University teacher Journalist Philosopher Political activist Essayist Logician Epistemologist Social cr

William Blake src

Great britain United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Writer Poet Engraver Illustrator Painter Theologian Collector Philosopher Lithographer

Brad Pitt (William Bradley Pitt) src

United states of america
Television actor Film actor Actor Executive producer Voice actor Film director Film producer Model

William Faulkner (William Cuthbert Falkner) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Writer Poet Playwright Author Children's writer Novelist Short story writer

William Butler Yeats src

Ireland Irish free state
Writer Poet Politician Religion scientist Playwright Mystic

William Howard Taft src

United states of america
Judge Politician Statesperson


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name William
Full list of personalities with the first name William

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name William

There are 7454 actors and actresses with the first name William
William Hall
William Stagg
William Rützou
William Franklyn-Miller
William Wright-Neblett
William Thiel Stensgaard
William Nero Jr.
William Ringström
William Gundersen
William Hagedorn-Rasmussen
William Hughes
William Rudbeck Lindhardt
William Mcminn
William Cuddy
William Jøhnk Nielsen
William Miller
William Stütz
William Huddleston
William Spetz
William Brent
William Marshall
William Melling
William Rush
William Horn
William Hamer Clements
William Bornkessel
William Corkery
William Phan
William Pavey
William Svedberg

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name William
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name William

Rankings of first name WILLIAM by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#1DK Denmark2019
#2QC Quebec2019
#2SE Sweden2019
#4NO Norway2019
#4AU Australia2019
#4ON Ontario2018
#4US United State of America2019
#6BC British Columbia2019
#6AB Alberta2019
#7NS New Scotland2019
#7NZ New Zealand2019
#17GB United Kingdom2019
#38BE Belgium2019
#50IE Ireland2019
#87FR France2019
#92CH Switzerland2019
#116CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#118IT Italy2018
#175BR Brazil2010
#199PL Poland2019
#204DE Germany2018
#243AR Argentina2015
#261AT Austria2018
#336NL Netherlands2019
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#2107DK Denmark2019
#4985BR Brazil2010
Other boys' names around William
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Other girls' names around William
WILLERSWILLETWILLETAWILLETTAWILLETTEWILLFRANWILLFREDOWILLGEWILLIWILLIA WILLIAM WILLIAMINAWILLIAMINEWILLIAMSWILLIANWILLIANAWILLIANEWILLIANEKIEWILLIANIWILLIANNWILLIANNA

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