William

German

"resolute protection"

William Origin and Meaning

Variation of Bill

William Rank in US Top 1000

# 10 in the US

William Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 24 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name William

• 10 US 2024
• 24 Nameberry 2025
• 5 Canada 2024
• 16 Future 2035
• 27 England 2024
• 66 scotland 2024
• 67 Ireland 2024
• 10 Australia 2024
• 17 New Zealand 2024
• 93 France 2020
• 224 Germany 2016
• 62 Portugal 2018
• 313 Mexico 2021
• 2 sweden 2024
• 6 Norway 2024
• 3 Denmark 2024
• 54 Belgium 2024
• 88 switzerland 2024

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Famous People Named William

• William I the Conqueror first Norman King of England
• William II King of England
• William III of Orange King of Great Britain and Ireland
• William IV (William Henry) King of the United Kingdom
• William I (Willem Frederik) King of the Netherlands
• William II (Willem Frederik George Lodewijk) King of the Netherlands
• William III (Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk) King of the Netherlands
• William I II, Princes of Orange
• William IV (Willem Karel Hendrik Friso) Prince of Orange
• William V (Willem Batavus) Prince of Orange
• William the Lion King of Scots
• William I III, Kings of Sicily
• William Arthur Philip Louis Prince of the United Kingdom; Duke of Cambridge; 2nd in line to the British throne
• William Tyndale English martyr who translated the Bible into English
• William Shakespeare English poet and writer
• William Henry Harrison 9th U.S. president
• William McKinley 25th U.S. president
• William Howard Taft 27th U.S. president
• William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton 42nd U.S. president
• William James "Bill" O'Reilly Jr. American television host
• William Cuthbert Faulkner American novelist
• William Temple Todd son of U.S. First Lady Dolley Madison
• William Wallace Lincoln son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
• William Henry Seward American politician, governor and senator from New York
• William Bradley "Brad" Pitt American actor
• William "Bill" Shatner Canadian actor
• William Henry "Bill" Gates American founder of Microsoft, Inc.
• William Wilberforce English abolitionist politician
• William Dawes rode with Paul Revere on the "Midnight Ride"
• William Stephens Smith husband of Abigail "Nabby" Adams, son,in,law of U.S. President John Adams
• William "Bill" Paxton American actor
• William Hall Macy American actor
• William Louis Petersen American actor
• William Peter Moseley English actor
• William James "Wil" Anderson Australian comedian
• William Turner Walton English composer
• William Denby "Bill" Hanna American cartoonist of Hanna,Barbera
• William James Adams aka Will.I.Am. American R&B singer
• William "Billy" Dean Martin musician of American band Good Charlotte
• William "Adam" West (Anderson) American actor
• William Emerson "Will" Arnett American actor
• William Henry "Hank" Green American comedian, YouTuber and educator
• William Justus Goebel American politician, governor of Kentucky
• William Miles "Will" Dunn English actor
• William Daniel Phillips American physicist and Nobel prize winner
• William Thomson British mathematical physicist and engineer
• William Henry Bragg physicist, mathematician & Nobel,prize winner
• William Lawrence Bragg Australian,British physicist & Nobel prize winner
• William John Paul "Liam" Gallagher lead singer of English band Oasis
• William Ford Gibson American novelist
• William Caxton English printing pioneer
• William "Bill" Hader actor/comedian/writer
• William James Hehir bass player on band MisterWives
• William "Will" Rankin Patton American Actor
• William Beckett lead singer of American band The Academy Is...
• William "Billy" Joel American singer/songwriter/pianist
• William Meynard French swimmer
• William Seward Burroughs I American inventor
• William Seward Burroughs II American writer
• Olajide William "JJ" Olatunji aka KSI English YouTuber
• Richard William "Wil" Wheaton American actor
• William "Bill" Anders American astronaut
• William Commons son of Scottish Footballer Kris Commons
• William True son of actress Kirstie Alley
• William Luca Costa Marsden, son of actor James Marsden
• William Wolf Howey son of Sarah Shahi & Steve Howey
• William Lawson Bates 4th child (2nd son) of the reality TV show "Bringing Up Bates" family
• William "Billy" John Kimmel (b. 2017) son of American television host, comedian, writer, and producer Jimmy Kimmel
• William Hammington (b. 2016) son of Australian comedian Samuel Hammington
• William Behr Jenner (b. 2019) son of Burt Jenner and Valerie Pitalo

The name William in Pop Culture

• William Harold Ryan "Will" Munson character on American soap As The World Turns
• William "Will" Halstead character on TV's Chicago Med.
• (William) Sherlock Scott Holmes main character on TV's "Sherlock"
• William Afton villain in Five Nights at Freddy's games and book
• William "Bill" Weasley character in the Harry Potter series
• William "Bill" Forbes II character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries", father of Caroline Forbes.
• William "Bill" Compton character on TV's 'True Blood'
• William Riker character on TV's 'Star Trek: the Next Generation'
• William "Will" Truman character on TV's 'Will & Grace'
• William "Will" Shuester character on TV's 'Glee'
• William "Will" Owen Herondale character from the Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare
• William Brown main character in the Just William series by Richmal Crompton
• William Birkin character in the video game series "Resident Evil"
• William Baker character in the Spider,Man series
• William 'Will' Turner character in the Pirates of the Caribbean series
• William Murdoch character on TV's "Murdoch Mysteries"
• William Collins main character in film 'Chatroom'
• William 'Will' Gardner character on TV's 'The Good Wife'
• William 'Will' Parry character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series
• William Scully baby on TV's "The X,Files"
• William "Bill" Mulder father of Fox William Mulder of "The X,Files"
• William Mason footman on TV's "Downton Abbey"
• William Townsend character in "Yesterday's child" by Barbara Wood
• William "Bill" Denbrough character in "It"
• William Buxton character on TV's "Return to Cranford"
• William 'Will' Gorski character on sense8
• William "Will" Turner character in movie/book "Me before you"
• William Sayre character in J.K. Rowling's "Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry"
• William the Pukwudgie character in J.K. Rowling's "Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry"
• William Clayton character on TV's "Arrow"
• William "Penny" Adiyodi character in "The Magicians"
• William Stryker character in "X,Men"
• William "Will" Byers character in "Stranger Things"
• William "Will" Munny character in "Unforgiven"
• William "Billy" McMahon main character in film "The Internship"
• William "Bill" Cage main character in film "Edge of Tomorrow"
• William Pratt birth name of Spike, on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel"
• William Vanderboom character in the Rusty Lake and Cube Escape series
• William Grey character in the 1996 film "Independence Day" General, USMC, the head of the United States Space Command.Played by Robert Loggia , he modeled the character after World War II generals, particularly George S. Patton.
• William “Will” Solace character in the Riordanverse
• William Patterson female character on TV's "Blindspot"
• James Ratri aka William Minerva character in the manga/anime series "The Promised Neverland"
• William "Billy" Dunne Character in "Daisy Jones & The Six"