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Meaning of the nameWiliam

Wiliam is a spelling of the name William, which means “will and helmet (from *wiljô, 'will', and *helmaz, 'helmet')”.

Meaning

“will and helmet (from *wiljô, 'will', and *helmaz, 'helmet')”

Meaning of the name William, of which Wiliam is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: William · Behind the Name: William

People (2022)
20,325
Rank in Brazil
#1,052
Median age
28 years
2010 Census
27,496
people

Wiliam in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Wiliam, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (6,494 people).

122 women 20,203 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Wiliam is most common

States with the highest share of people named Wiliam in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.015%
  2. Bahia 0.012%
  3. Tocantins 0.012%
  4. Goiás 0.011%
  5. Maranhão 0.011%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4,2360.010%
Minas Gerais2,1350.010%
Bahia1,7050.012%
Rio Grande do Sul1,6670.015%
Rio de Janeiro1,6510.010%
Paraná1,1750.010%
Santa Catarina8250.011%
Pernambuco7890.009%
Pará7890.010%
Goiás7790.011%
Maranhão7420.011%
Ceará5640.006%
Amazonas3650.009%
Espírito Santo3460.009%
Distrito Federal3020.011%
Mato Grosso2730.008%
Piauí2690.008%
Alagoas2610.008%
Paraíba2520.006%
Sergipe2400.011%
Rio Grande do Norte2360.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul2160.008%
Tocantins1750.012%
Rondônia1490.009%
Roraima680.011%
Acre580.007%
Amapá580.008%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Wiliam

It reduces the double L of the original to a single one, keeping the rest of the English spelling.

About the name William

William comes from Middle English William, through Anglo-Norman Willame, from a Germanic name that goes back to Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz. The name joins *wiljô, 'will', with *helmaz, 'helmet'. In Portuguese it is an unadapted borrowing from English and forms a doublet with Guilherme. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 95,539 people named William, almost always men, with a median age of 29. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul, and Wiktionary lists Uiliam and Willian among the alternative forms of the name in Portuguese.

Other spellings of William

SpellingPeople (2022)
William95,539
Wiliam20,325
Uiliam985

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: William · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: William · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Uilian · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Wiliam

What does the name Wiliam mean?

Wiliam means “will and helmet (from *wiljô, 'will', and *helmaz, 'helmet')”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name William, of which Wiliam is a spelling.

How many people are named Wiliam in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 20,325 people with the first name Wiliam, which ranks it number 1,052 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Wiliam a boy's or a girl's name?

Wiliam is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 122 women and 20,203 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Wiliam?

Wiliam is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Wiliam most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.015% of the state's population is named Wiliam (1,667 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Wiliam?

William and Uiliam. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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