Wilhelm

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wilhelm.

Proper noun

Wilhelm

A surname.

German

Etymology

From Old High German Willahelm, from willo (“will, desire”) + helm (“protection, origin of helmet”).

Proper noun

Wilhelm

A male given name, equivalent to English William.
A patronymic surname.

Related terms

(male given names) Willi, Willy
(female names) Wilhelmina, Wilhelmine, Minna

Swedish

Proper noun

Wilhelm c (genitive Wilhelms)

A male given name, the spelling origin of Vilhelm.

References

Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 21 343 males with the given name Wilhelm (compared to 23 532 named Vilhelm) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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