Wilhelm (name)

William is a male first name and a family name.

Origin and Meaning

The name comes from the Old High German and can be of willio (will, determination ) and helm (helmet, protection) or culm ( stem, upright ) derive. His first more famous bearer of the name was St. Wilhelm ( Willehalm ) of Aquitaine ( 745-812 ), cousin of Emperor Charlemagne, uncle of Parsifal and founder of the Abbey Gellone, today, Saint -Guilhem -le- Désert. Its distribution in northwestern Europe came primarily the name carrier benefit the families of Orange and the House of Hohenzollern.

Dissemination

The name William was in the late 19th and early 20th century to the ten most awarded boys' names in Germany, was around the turn of the century even some times at number one on frequency statistics. Since the 1920s, his popularity declined gradually.

Name Days

Variants

The name is used in different variations around the world:

  • Bill, English short form of William
  • Guilherme, Portuguese
  • Guglielmo, Italian
  • Guilielmus, latin
  • Guillaume, rare " Guilleaume ", French
  • Guillem, Catalan
  • Guillén, Aragonese
  • Guille, Spanish short form
  • Guillermo, Spanish
  • Liam, Irish
  • Pim, Dutch short form
  • Vilém, Czech
  • Vilhjálmur, Icelandic, Faroese
  • Vilmos, Hungarian
  • Vilim, several Slavic languages
  • Viliam, Slovak
  • Ville, Finnish
  • Vilis, Latvian; also Vilhelms or Viļums
  • Wellern, Rhenish variant ( see, in particular Jan Wellem )
  • Wellern, Luxembourgish
  • Welm, German short form
  • Wilgelm, Russian
  • Wiliam, Polish
  • Wilke, Frisian variant
  • Wilko, North German variant
  • Wilm, Low German short form ( especially Willem )
  • Willm, more Low German short form
  • Wim, Dutch short form
  • Willem, Dutch / Flemish / Low German
  • Will, English short form of William
  • Willi and Willy, short form (the former also as an abbreviation of Willibald )
  • William, English
  • Willihalm ( = Widhalm? )
  • Willken, Low German
  • Wylem, Sorbian

Well-known bearers of the name

Ruler

See also: List of rulers named William

  • Wilhelm I (1781-1864), King of Württemberg.
  • Wilhelm I (1797-1888), King of Prussia and German Emperor from 1871
  • Wilhelm II (1848-1921), King of Württemberg.
  • Wilhelm II (1859-1941), King of Prussia and German Emperor from 1888 to 1918

First name

  • Wilhelm Blaschke (1885-1962), Austrian mathematician
  • William of Brandenburg -Ansbach - Kulmbach (1498-1563), Archbishop of the Hanseatic city of Riga (1539-1561)
  • Wilhelm Adolf von Braunschweig -Wolfenbüttel (1745-1770), Prussian colonel
  • Wilhelm Busch (1832-1908), German poet and draftsman
  • Wilhelm Busch ( surgeon ) ( 1826-1881 ), German surgeon and university lecturer
  • Wilhelm Busch ( historian ) ( 1861-1929 ), German historian
  • Wilhelm Busch ( instrument maker ) ( 1861-1929 ), German instrument maker
  • Wilhelm Busch ( center ) ( 1867-1923 ), German politician
  • Wilhelm Busch (1868-1940), German editor
  • Wilhelm Busch ( NSDAP) ( 1895-1968 ), German politician
  • Wilhelm Busch ( pastor ) ( 1897-1966 ), German Protestant minister
  • Wilhelm Busch ( resistance fighters ) ( 1901 -? ), German resistance fighter
  • Wilhelm Busch (1907-1982), German football player, see Willy Busch
  • Wilhelm M. Busch (1908-1987), German illustrator
  • Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954), German conductor
  • Gemoll Wilhelm (1850-1934), classical scholar, author of a famous Ancient Greek -German dictionary
  • Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859), Literature and linguistics
  • Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835), German scholar, educational reformer and diplomat
  • Wilhelm Keitel (1882-1946), German Field Marshal
  • Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), co-founder of the SPD and the forward
  • Wilhelm Olbers (1758-1840), astronomer and mathematician who discovered the first asteroid
  • Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957), an Austrian psychoanalyst
  • Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (1845-1923), discoverer of X-rays
  • William of Rubruk (ca. 1217-1270 ), missionary and explorer
  • Maurice William Paul Schwartz (1864-1919), pastor and martyr
  • Wilhelm Steinitz (1836-1900), Austrian chess champion
  • Strienz Wilhelm (1900-1987), German singer
  • William Tell, the Swiss national hero

Family name

A

  • Adolf Wilhelm ( philologist ) ( 1864-1950 ), Austrian and classical philologist epigraphists
  • Adolf Wilhelm ( Author), German author
  • Alfred William (* 1920), German politician ( CDU)
  • Andreas Wilhelm ( * 1971 ), German writer
  • Anja Wilhelm ( * 1968 ), German gymnast
  • Arno Wilhelm ( * 1988), German writer

C

  • Carl Wilhelm (1815-1873), German choral conductor and composer, see Karl Wilhelm ( choirmaster )
  • Carl Wilhelm ( director) ( 1872-1936 ), Austrian director
  • Charles E. Wilhelm ( born 1941 ), American General

D

  • David Wilhelm ( born 1956 ), American entrepreneur and political advisor

E

  • Erich Wilhelm (1912-2005), Austrian Evangelical Lutheran theologian
  • Ernst Theodor Wilhelm, known under the pen name ETA Hoffmann (1776-1822), German writer

F

  • Felix Wilhelm (1863-1941), German educator and local historian
  • Friedrich Wilhelm ( Brandenburg ) ( 1620-1688 ), the Great Elector
  • Friedrich Wilhelm ( German scholar ) ( 1882-1939 ), German German literature
  • Friedrich Wilhelm ( Indologist ) (* 1932), German Indologist
  • Friedrich Karl Wilhelm (1890-1948), German SS Untersturmführer
  • Friedrich Wilhelm ( politician)

G

  • Georg Wilhelm ( jurist ) ( born 1942 ), Austrian civil law scholars
  • Gerhard Wilhelm (1919-2009), German choir director
  • Gernot Wilhelm ( * 1945), German orientalist
  • Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), German Protestant minister and writer

B

  • Hannes Wilhelm- Kell (born 1970 ), Chairman of the Wendish People's Party
  • Hans Wilhelm (1904-1980), German writer
  • Hans -Otto Wilhelm ( * 1940 ), German politician ( CDU)
  • Heinrich Wilhelm (1885-1947), German politician ( SPD)
  • Heinz Wilhelm ( * 1950), German diplomat; Since 2012 German Ambassador in Belgrade
  • Hellmut Wilhelm (1905-1990), German sinologist
  • Helmut Wilhelm ( * 1946), German politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens )
  • Herbert William (* 1922), German economist
  • Hermann Wilhelm, pseudonym of Hermann tunic (1896-1966), German writer and poet
  • Hermann Wilhelm ( painter) ( 1897-1970 ), German painter and high school teachers
  • Hermann Wilhelm ( local historian ) ( born 1949 ), German curator, local historians, nonfiction author and painter
  • Holger Matthias Wilhelm ( * 1976 ), German actor
  • Hoyt Wilhelm (1922-2002), American baseball player

J

  • January Wilhelm ( * 1942), German lawyer and university professor
  • Jean Wilhelm (1929-2007), Swiss politician (CVP )
  • Jean -Pierre Wilhelm (1912-1968), German gallerist
  • Jochen Wilhelm ( * 1945), German economist and university professor
  • Jodok Friedrich Wilhelm (1797-1843), Austrian plasterer
  • Johann Wilhelm (architect ) ( 1595 - after 1669), German carpenter and architect
  • Josef Wilhelm ( Turner) ( 1892-1956 ), Swiss gymnast
  • Josef Wilhelm (officer ) ( born 1921 ), German Major General
  • Josef Wilhelm ( theologian ) ( born 1947 ), Austrian theologian
  • Jürgen Wilhelm ( politician ) ( b. 1949 ), German manager and politician ( SPD)
  • Jürgen Wilhelm ( footballer ) ( born 1950 ), German football player
  • Julius Wilhelm ( librettist ) ( 1871-1941 ), Austrian writer
  • Julius Wilhelm ( conservationist ) ( 1873-1961 ), German businessman, publisher and conservationist
  • Julius Wilhelm ( Romance ) ( 1896-1983 ), German linguist

K

  • Karl Wilhelm ( choir director ) ( 1815-1873 ), German choral conductor and composer
  • Kate Wilhelm ( born 1928 ), American writer
  • Kathrin Wilhelm ( * 1981 ), Austrian alpine skier
  • Kati Wilhelm ( * 1976 ), German biathlete
  • Kerstin Fiedler Wilhelm (* 1968), German politician
  • Klaus -Peter Wilhelm ( * 1960 ), German dermatologist and professor
  • Kurt Wilhelm ( rabbi ) ( 1900-1965 ), German rabbi and university teachers
  • Kurt Wilhelm ( director) ( 1923-2009 ), German writer and director
  • Kurt Wilhelm Kästner (1893-1976), German art historian and university teacher

M

  • Manuel Wilhelm ( * 1980 ), German rugby union player
  • Markus Wilhelm ( * 1956 ), Austrian journalist, environmental activist and mining
  • Melanie Wilhelm, known under the pseudonym Melbeatz (* 1977), German music producer
  • Michael Wilhelm ( * 1955), German politician

P

  • Paul Wilhelm ( painter) ( 1886-1965 ), German painter and graphic artist
  • Paul Wilhelm ( politician ) ( 1935-2008 ), German politician ( CSU)

R

  • Reinhard Wilhelm ( * 1946), German computer scientist and professor
  • Richard Wilhelm (1873-1930), German sinologist
  • Richard O. Wilhelm ( * 1932), German glass designer
  • Rolf Wilhelm ( politician ) ( born 1956 ), German politician (REP )
  • Rolf Alexander Wilhelm (1927-2013), German composer and conductor
  • Rudolf Wilhelm ( 1905 -? ), German football player

S

  • Victory Hard Wilhelm ( * 1947 ), German politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens )
  • Steffen Wilhelm ( * 1981 ), German comedian, actor, comedian and director
  • Stephan Wilhelm ( * 1983), German ice hockey player

T

  • Theodor Wilhelm (1906-2005), German educator
  • Thomas Wilhelm ( athlete ) ( born 1984 ), German track and field athlete
  • Thomas Wilhelm ( choreographer ), choreographer
  • Thomas Wilhelm ( hockey player ) ( born 1986 ), German ice hockey player
  • Tim Wilhelm ( * 1977 ), German television presenter
  • Toni Wilhelm ( * 1983), German Windsurfer

U

  • Ulrich Wilhelm ( * 1961), German journalist
  • Uwe Wilhelm ( * 1957), German writer, film producer and film director

W

  • Walter Woldemar Wilhelm (1886 - after 1945 ), German politician and writer
  • Werner Wilhelm (1919-2006), German civil servant and politician (PLC, SPD), Member of Parliament
  • Wolfgang Wilhelm of Pfalz- Neuburg (1578-1653), a German prince of the empire.
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