William

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• /ˈwɪl.i.əm/
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• /ˈwɪl.jəm/
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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”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European roots *welh1- (“to choose, wish, want”) and *ḱel- (“to cover, conceal, save”) respectively. Cognate with Dutch Willem, German Wilhelm, etc.; cognate borrowings outside of Germanic include Guillaume and Guillermo.

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Gulielm — male given name
• Albanian: Golem — male given name
• Albanian: Gjyiam — male given name
• Arabic: وِيلْيَام (wilyām) — male given name
• Arabic: وِلْيَم (wilyam) — male given name
• Aragonese: Guillén — male given name
• Armenian: Գուլիելմոս (Gulielmos) — male given name
• Armenian: Վիլհելմ (Vilhelm) — male given name
• Armenian: Ուիլյամ (Uilyam) — male given name
• Azerbaijani: Uilyam — male given name
• Bengali: উইলিয়াম (uiliẏam) — male given name
• Breton: Gwilherm — male given name
• Bulgarian: Уи́лям (Uíljam) — male given name
• Catalan: Guillem — male given name
• Cebuano: William — male given name
• Cherokee: ᏫᎵᏯᎻ (wiliyami) — male given name
• Cherokee: ᏫᎵᎭᎹ (wilihama) — male given name
• Cherokee: ᏫᎵ (wili) — male given name
• Chinese Cantonese: 威廉 (wai1 lim4) — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 威廉 (Wēilián) — male given name
• Cornish: Wella — male given name
• Corsican: Guglielmu — male given name
• Czech: Vilém — male given name
• Danish: Vilhelm — male given name
• Dutch: Willem — male given name
• Dutch: Wim — male given name
• Esperanto: Vilhelmo — male given name
• Estonian: Villem — male given name
• Faroese: Vilhjálmur — male given name
• Faroese: Viljormur — male given name
• Finnish: Vilho — male given name
• Finnish: Ville — male given name
• Finnish: Vilhelm — male given name
• French: Guillaume — male given name
• French: William — male given name
• Galician: Guillerme — male given name
• Georgian: უილიამი (uiliami) — male given name
• Georgian: ვილიამი (viliami) — male given name
• Georgian: ვილჰელმი (vilhelmi) — male given name
• Georgian: გიომი (giomi) — male given name
• German: Wilhelm — male given name
• Greek: Γουλιέλμος (Gouliélmos) — male given name
• Greek: Ουίλλιαμ (Ouílliam) — male given name
• Greek: Γουίλιαμ (Gouíliam) — male given name
• Hawaiian: Wiliama — male given name
• Hawaiian: Uilama — male given name
• Hebrew: וילהלם — male given name
• Hebrew: וויליאם — male given name
• Hindi: विलियम (viliyam) — male given name
• Hungarian: Vilmos — male given name
• Icelandic: Vilhjálmur — male given name
• Ingrian: Viljam — male given name
• Irish: Uilliam — male given name
• Irish: Liam — male given name
• Italian: Guglielmo — male given name
• Japanese: ウィリアム (Wiriamu) — male given name
• Japanese: ウィレム (Uiremu) — male given name
• Japanese: ギヨーム (Giyōmu) — male given name
• Korean: 윌리엄 (Willieom) — male given name
• Latin: Gulielmus — male given name
• Latin: Guilelmus — male given name
• Latin: Guilielmus (Guilhelmus) — male given name
• Latin: Wilhelmus — male given name
• Latvian: Viljams — male given name
• Latvian: Vilhelms — male given name
• Lithuanian: Vi̇̀lhelmas — male given name
• Low German: Willem — male given name
• Low German: Wilm — male given name
• Luxembourgish: Wëllem — male given name
• Macedonian: Ви́лијам (Vílijam) — male given name
• Māori: Wiremu — male given name
• Norman: Dgillaume — male given name
• Norman: Villaume — male given name
• Norman: Villame — male given name
• Norwegian: Vilhelm — male given name
• Occitan: Guilhèm — male given name
• Old English: Willelm — male given name
• Old Norse: Vilhjálmr — male given name
• Persian: ویلیام (viliyâm) — male given name
• Polish: Wilhelm — male given name
• Portuguese: Guilherme — male given name
• Romanian: Vilhelm — male given name
• Russian: Вильге́льм (Vilʹgélʹm) — male given name
• Russian: Уи́льям (Uílʹjam) — male given name
• Russian: Уилья́м (Uilʹjám) — male given name
• Russian: Ви́льям (Vílʹjam) — male given name
• Russian: Вилья́м (Vilʹjám) — male given name
• Samoan: Viliamu — male given name
• Scots: Weelum — male given name
• Scots: Willum — male given name
• Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Вилим — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Vilim — male given name
• Sicilian: Gugghiermu — male given name
• Sicilian: Vilermu — male given name
• Slovak: Viliam — male given name
• Slovene: Viljem — male given name
• Spanish: Guillermo — male given name
• Swedish: Vilhelm — male given name
• Tagalog: William — male given name
• Tamil: வில்லியம் (villiyam) — male given name
• Thai: วิลเลียม — male given name
• Tongan: Viliami — male given name
• Ukrainian: Вільгельм (Vilʹhelʹm) — male given name
• Walloon: Wiyåme — male given name
• Welsh: Gwilym — male given name
• Welsh: Gwillim — male given name
• Yiddish: וויליאַם (vilyam) — male given name