Name
WILLIAM

Name WILLIAM

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 4,865,410 births of William in the countries below, which represents an average of 34,263 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 19,855 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 sign language

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William in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name William

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English William, from Anglo-Norman Willame, from Old High German Willahelm, from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz (> Latin Gulielmus), from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“will”) + *helmaz (“helmet”). Cognate with Dutch Willem, German Wilhelm.
Noun src :
  • William
  • (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter W.
  • Synonym: Whiskey
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɪl.jəm/, /ˈwɪl.i.əm/
  • Rhymes: -ɪliəm
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Middle English
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FR French
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  • IPA(key): /wi.ljam/
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ES Spanish
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Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈwiljam/ [ˈwi.ljãm]
  • Rhymes: -iljam
  • IPA(key): /ˈwiljan/ [ˈwi.ljãn]
  • Rhymes: -iljan
  • Syllabification: Wi‧lliam
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HU Hungarian
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈvilijɛm]
  • Hyphenation: Wil‧li‧am
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  • William
  • William
PT Portuguese
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SE Swedish
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DK Danish
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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 - 2022
4,167,487
11,277
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
145,182
228
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
113,115
3
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
78,339
23
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
68,178
0
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
61,147
350
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
55,941
0
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
27,166
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
26,940
61
SESweden
1998 - 2022
23,630
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
20,634
0
NSNew Scotland
1920 - 2022
15,317
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
13,785
3
NONorway
1945 - 2022
9,573
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
7,143
2
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
4,358
12
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
4,286
0
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
3,490
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
1,451
0
MXMexico
2017 - 2021
1,367
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
1,281
1
CLChili
2010 - 2021
1,053
0
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
605
0
CASKSaskatchewan
2013 - 2022
545
0
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
435
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
378
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
324
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
290
0
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
10
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
2022
11,282
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
2,093
0
AUAustralia
2022
1,340
0
SESweden
2022
674
0
FRFrance
2022
653
0
QCQuebec
2022
616
0
ONOntario
2019
596
0
DKDenmark
2022
560
0
NONorway
2022
348
0
MXMexico
2021
326
0
BEBelgium
2022
178
0
NZNew Zealand
2022
169
0
ITItaly
2021
154
0
ABAlberta
2022
146
0
BCBritish Columbia
2022
113
0
DEGermany
2022
104
0
IEIreland
2022
103
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
87
0
CLChili
2021
70
0
NLNetherlands
2022
52
0
NSNew Scotland
2022
41
0
CASKSaskatchewan
2022
37
0
ARArgentina
2015
34
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
32
0
PLPoland
2022
26
0
ATAustria
2021
21
0

Comments on the name William

Personalities with the first name William

There are 4354 personalities with the first name William

William Shakespeare src

Kingdom of england
Playwright

Bill Gates (William Henry Gates Iii) src

United states of america
Entrepreneur Programmer Philanthropist

Bill Clinton (William Jefferson Blythe Iii) src

United states of america
Writer Teacher Lawyer Politician Diplomat Saxophonist Autobiographer International forum participant Statesperson

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 Printer Illustrator Collector Philosopher Librettist Printmaker Architectural draftsperson Painter Theologian Sculptor Lithographer

David Cameron (David William Donald Cameron) src

United kingdom
Politician International forum participant

Brad Pitt (William Bradley Pitt) src

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

William Butler Yeats src

Irish free state
Mystic Writer Poet Politician Astrologer Playwright

William Faulkner (William Cuthbert Falkner) src

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


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 8275 actors and actresses with the first name William
William Polo
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 Gold
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

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 Denmark2022
#2QC Quebec2022
#2SE Sweden2022
#3NS New Scotland2022
#4NO Norway2022
#4AU Australia2022
#6ON Ontario2019
#6AB Alberta2022
#6US United State of America2022
#9NZ New Zealand2022
#13CASK Saskatchewan2022
#13BC British Columbia2022
#21GB United Kingdom2021
#33BE Belgium2022
#67IE Ireland2022
#101CH Switzerland2021
#105FR France2022
#116CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#133IT Italy2021
#171CL Chili2021
#243AR Argentina2015
#247PL Poland2022
#280AT Austria2021
#313MX Mexico2021
#316NL Netherlands2022
#499DE Germany2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name WILLIAM (female) births over the last year available in each country
Other boys' names around William
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Other girls' names around William
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