Wilhelm

VIL-helm

German variation of William

"resolute protection"

Wilhelm Origin and Meaning

Variation of Kleo

Wilhelm Rank in US Top 1000

# 930 in the US

Popularity of the name Wilhelm

• 1599 Nameberry 2025
• 219 Germany 2016
• 78 sweden 2022

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Famous People Named Wilhelm

• Wilhelm I (Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig) German emperor
• Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Preußen) German emperor
• Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt German physician; founder of modern psychology
• Wilhelm Marr German radical, nationalist and race,agitator
• Wilhelm Roentgen German Nobel Prize winner, discoverer of X,rays
• Wilhelm Heinrich Erb German Neurologist
• Wilhelm Furtwängler German conductor and composer
• Wilhelm Grimm German anthropologist
• Wilhelm Keitel German Field Marshal
• Wilhelm List German Field Marshal
• Wilhelm Reich Austrian,American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
• Wilhelm Wien German Nobel Prize Winner
• William Charles John Pitcher or C. Wilhelm British costume designer
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel German philosopher
• Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche German philosopher
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz German mathematician and philosopher
• Wilhelm von Humboldt German philosopher and diplomat
• Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling German philosopher
• Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio American actor

The name Wilhelm in Pop Culture

• Wilhelm Stuckart character in movie "Conspiracy"
• Wilhelm Klink colonel on TV's "Hogan's Heroes"
• Wilhelm character in Xenosaga video games
• Wilhelm servant in manga "Ludwig Kakumei"
• Wilhelm Wicki character in movie "Inglorious Basterds"
• Wilhelm character in the Borderlands video games
• Wilhelm king in animated movie "Barbie as Rapunzel"
• Reinhardt Wilhelm character in Overwatch