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Meaning of the nameWillame

Willame is a spelling of the name Wilame, which means “form of William, from Germanic, 'will' and 'helmet'”.

Meaning

“form of William, from Germanic, 'will' and 'helmet'”

Meaning of the name Wilame, of which Willame is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Willame · Behind the Name: William

People (2022)
2,177
Rank in Brazil
#4,827
Median age
31 years
2010 Census
1,870
people

Willame in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Willame, 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 (620 people).

0 women 2,163 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 Willame is most common

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

  1. Maranhão 0.008%
  2. Rio Grande do Norte 0.006%
  3. Ceará 0.006%
  4. Piauí 0.005%
  5. Pará 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Maranhão5470.008%
Ceará5040.006%
Rio Grande do Norte1970.006%
Pará1750.002%
Piauí1650.005%
Pernambuco1040.001%
São Paulo820.000%
Paraíba820.002%
Amazonas550.001%
Sergipe490.002%
Rio de Janeiro460.000%
Alagoas270.001%
Goiás210.000%
Bahia190.000%
Distrito Federal170.001%
Roraima170.003%
Mato Grosso150.000%

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

The spelling Willame

Spelling with LL, the most common in the group, the same as the old form of William recorded in Wiktionary.

About the name Wilame

Wiktionary records Willame as a form of William in Middle English and Old French. William comes from Germanic, with the elements 'will' and 'helmet' (protection), according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name; the traditional Portuguese form is Guilherme. The origin of the spelling Wilame, with a single L, is uncertain. Both spellings are proportionally most common in Maranhão. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,754 people with the two spellings combined.

Other spellings of Wilame

SpellingPeople (2022)
Willame2,177
Wilame1,577

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Willame · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: William · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Behind the Name: William · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Willame

What does the name Willame mean?

Willame means “form of William, from Germanic, 'will' and 'helmet'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Wilame, of which Willame is a spelling.

How many people are named Willame in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,177 people with the first name Willame, which ranks it number 4,827 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Willame is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,163 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Willame?

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

In which Brazilian state is Willame most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.008% of the state's population is named Willame (547 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Willame?

Wilame. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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