"William" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈwɪl.jəm/, /ˈwɪl.i.əm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-William.wav Forms: Williams [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪliəm Etymology: From Middle English William, from Anglo-Norman Willame, from Old High German Willahelm, from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz (> Latin Gulielmus), from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“will”) + *helmaz (“helmet”). Cognate with Dutch Willem, German Wilhelm, etc.; cognate borrowings outside of Germanic include Guillaume and Guillermo. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*welh₁-|*ḱel-|id2=cover}}, {{inh|en|enm|William}} Middle English William, {{der|en|xno|Willame}} Anglo-Norman Willame, {{der|en|goh|Willahelm}} Old High German Willahelm, {{der|en|gem-pro|*Wiljahelmaz}} Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz, {{cog|la|Gulielmus}} Latin Gulielmus, {{der|en|gem-pro|*wiljô||will}} Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“will”), {{cog|nl|Willem}} Dutch Willem, {{cog|de|Wilhelm}} German Wilhelm, {{dbt|en|Guillaume|Guillermo|notext=1}} Guillaume and Guillermo Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} William (plural Williams)
  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages popular since the Norman Conquest. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Translations (male given name): Gulielm [masculine] (Albanian), Golem [masculine] (Albanian), Gjyiam [masculine] (Albanian), وِيلْيَام (wilyām) [masculine] (Arabic), وِلْيَم (wilyam) [masculine] (Arabic), Guillén (Aragonese), Գուլիելմոս (Gulielmos) (Armenian), Վիլհելմ (Vilhelm) (english: historical persons) (Armenian), Ուիլյամ (Uilyam) (Armenian), Uilyam (Azerbaijani), উইলিয়াম (uiliẏam) (Bengali), Gwilherm (Breton), Уи́лям (Uíljam) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Guillem [masculine] (Catalan), ᏫᎵᏯᎻ (wiliyami) (Cherokee), 威廉 (wai¹ lim⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 威廉 (Wēilián) (Chinese Mandarin), Wella (Cornish), Guglielmu [masculine] (Corsican), Vilém [masculine] (Czech), Vilhelm (Danish), Willem (Dutch), Wim (Dutch), Vilhelmo (Esperanto), Villem (Estonian), Vilhjálmur (Faroese), Viljormur (Faroese), Vilho (Finnish), Ville (Finnish), Vilhelm (note: of historical persons) (Finnish), Guillaume (French), William (French), Guillerme (Galician), უილიამი (uiliami) (Georgian), ვილიამი (viliami) (Georgian), ვილჰელმი (vilhelmi) (Georgian), გიომი (giomi) (Georgian), Wilhelm [masculine] (German), Γουλιέλμος (Gouliélmos) (Greek), Ουίλλιαμ (Ouílliam) (Greek), Γουίλιαμ (Gouíliam) [transliteration] (Greek), Wiliama (Hawaiian), Uilama (Hawaiian), וילהלם (Hebrew), וויליאם (Hebrew), Vilmos (Hungarian), Vilhjálmur (Icelandic), Viljam (Ingrian), Uilliam (Irish), Liam (Irish), Guglielmo [masculine] (Italian), ウィリアム (Wiriamu) (Japanese), ウィレム (Uiremu) (note: Dutch form) (Japanese), ギヨーム (Giyōmu) (note: French form) (Japanese), 윌리엄 (Willieom) (Korean), Gulielmus [masculine] (Latin), Guilelmus (Latin), Guilielmus (Guilhelmus) (Latin), Wilhelmus [masculine] (Latin), Viljams (Latvian), Vilhelms (Latvian), Vìlhelmas (Lithuanian), Willem (Low German), Wilm (Low German), Wëllem (Luxembourgish), Ви́лијам (Vílijam) (Macedonian), Wiremu (Maori), Dgillaume [masculine] (Norman), Villaume (Norman), Villame (Norman), Vilhelm (Norwegian), Guilhèm (Occitan), Willelm (Old English), Vilhjálmr (Old Norse), ویلیام (viliyâm) (Persian), Wilhelm (Polish), Guilherme (Portuguese), Vilhelm (Romanian), Вильге́льм (Vilʹgélʹm) [masculine] (Russian), Уи́льям (Uílʹjam) [masculine] (Russian), Уилья́м (Uilʹjám) [masculine] (Russian), Ви́льям (Vílʹjam) [masculine] (Russian), Вилья́м (Vilʹjám) [masculine] (Russian), Viliamu (Samoan), Weelum (Scots), Willum (Scots), Uilleam (Scottish Gaelic), Вилим [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Vilim [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Gugghiermu [masculine] (Sicilian), Vilermu [masculine] (Sicilian), Viliam (Slovak), Viljem (Slovene), Guillermo (Spanish), Vilhelm (Swedish), வில்லியம் (villiyam) (Tamil), Viliami (Tongan), Вільгельм (Vilʹhelʹm) (Ukrainian), Wiyåme (Walloon), Gwilym (Welsh), Gwillim (Welsh), וויליאַם (vilyam) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-William-en-name-tmacz6W3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Aragonese translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Breton translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cherokee translations, Terms with Cornish translations, Terms with Corsican translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hawaiian translations, Terms with Hebrew 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  2. A surname.
    Sense id: en-William-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Fort William, guillemot, King William, King William County, Prince William County, William and Mary, Williamite, Williams, Williamson

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪl.jəm/, /ˈwɪl.i.əm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-William.wav
Rhymes: -ɪliəm Etymology: From Middle English William, from Anglo-Norman Willame, from Old High German Willahelm, from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz (> Latin Gulielmus), from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“will”) + *helmaz (“helmet”). Cognate with Dutch Willem, German Wilhelm, etc.; cognate borrowings outside of Germanic include Guillaume and Guillermo. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*welh₁-|*ḱel-|id2=cover}}, {{inh|en|enm|William}} Middle English William, {{der|en|xno|Willame}} Anglo-Norman Willame, {{der|en|goh|Willahelm}} Old High German Willahelm, {{der|en|gem-pro|*Wiljahelmaz}} Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz, {{cog|la|Gulielmus}} Latin Gulielmus, {{der|en|gem-pro|*wiljô||will}} Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“will”), {{cog|nl|Willem}} Dutch Willem, {{cog|de|Wilhelm}} German Wilhelm, {{dbt|en|Guillaume|Guillermo|notext=1}} Guillaume and Guillermo Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} William
  1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter W. Synonyms: Whiskey
    Sense id: en-William-en-noun-Bf-46Yg2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "word": "Prince William County"
    },
    {
      "word": "William and Mary"
    },
    {
      "word": "Williamite"
    },
    {
      "word": "Williams"
    },
    {
      "word": "Williamson"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "Uilliam",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: Uilliam",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: Uilliam"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "Viljami",
            "3": "Wiljami",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: Viljami, Wiljami",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: Viljami, Wiljami"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*welh₁-",
        "4": "*ḱel-",
        "id2": "cover"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "William"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English William",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "Willame"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman Willame",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "Willahelm"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German Willahelm",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*Wiljahelmaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "Gulielmus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Gulielmus",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wiljô",
        "4": "",
        "5": "will"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“will”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "Willem"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch Willem",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Wilhelm"
      },
      "expansion": "German Wilhelm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Guillaume",
        "3": "Guillermo",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Guillaume and Guillermo",
      "name": "dbt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English William, from Anglo-Norman Willame, from Old High German Willahelm, from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz (> Latin Gulielmus), from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“will”) + *helmaz (“helmet”). Cognate with Dutch Willem, German Wilhelm, etc.; cognate borrowings outside of Germanic include Guillaume and Guillermo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Williams",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "William (plural Williams)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Bill"
    },
    {
      "word": "Billie"
    },
    {
      "word": "Billy"
    },
    {
      "word": "Liam"
    },
    {
      "word": "Will"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willie"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wills"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willy"
    },
    {
      "word": "Minnie"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilhelmina"
    },
    {
      "word": "Williamina"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willie Mae"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilma"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fitzwilliam"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gilham"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gill"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gillam"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gillatt"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gillet"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gillett"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gillham"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gilliam"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gilliatt"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gillott"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gillum"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilcock"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilcox"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilk"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilke"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilkens"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilkerson"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilkes"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilkie"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilkin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilkins"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilkinson"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilks"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willems"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willes"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willet"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willets"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willett"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willetts"
    },
    {
      "word": "Williams"
    },
    {
      "word": "Williamson"
    },
    {
      "word": "Williment"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willimott"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willis"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willison"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willment"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willmett"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willmot"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willmott"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willott"
    },
    {
      "word": "Willson"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilmot"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilmott"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wilson"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wyatt"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English given names",
        "English male given names",
        "English male given names from Germanic languages",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1605, William Camden, Remains Concerning Britain, John Russell Smith, published 1870, page 98",
          "text": "This name hath been most common in England since King William the Conquerour, insomuch that upon a festival day in the Court of King Henry the Second, when Sir William Saint-John, and Sir William Fitz-Hamon, especial Officers, had commanded that none but of the name of William should dine in the great Chamber with them, they were accompanied with a hundred and twenty Williams.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Christopher Wood, California, Here I Am, TwentyFirst Century Publishers Ltd, pages 29–30",
          "text": "By the same token I should probably have called myself 'Bill'. With a name like William you have choices. Very handy for us chameleons. 'William' is stern and dignified. A little austere and unapproachable. He conquers things. It is what my mother calls me when she is angry with me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name from the Germanic languages popular since the Norman Conquest."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Norman Conquest",
          "Norman Conquest"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪl.jəm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪl.i.əm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪliəm"
    },
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gulielm"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Golem"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gjyiam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wilyām",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "وِيلْيَام"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wilyam",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "وِلْيَم"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Guillén"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Gulielmos",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Գուլիելմոս"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "english": "historical persons",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Vilhelm",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Վիլհելմ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Uilyam",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Ուիլյամ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Uilyam"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "uiliẏam",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "উইলিয়াম"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Gwilherm"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Uíljam",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Уи́лям"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Guillem"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "wiliyami",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ᏫᎵᏯᎻ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "wai¹ lim⁴",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "威廉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Wēilián",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "威廉"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Wella"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Guglielmu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vilém"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Vilhelm"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Willem"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Wim"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Vilhelmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Villem"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Vilhjálmur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Viljormur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Vilho"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Ville"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "of historical persons",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Vilhelm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Guillaume"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "William"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Guillerme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uiliami",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "უილიამი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "viliami",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ვილიამი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "vilhelmi",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ვილჰელმი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "giomi",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "გიომი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wilhelm"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Gouliélmos",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Γουλιέλμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Ouílliam",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Ουίλλιαμ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "raw_tags": [
        "from English"
      ],
      "roman": "Gouíliam",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "transliteration"
      ],
      "word": "Γουίλιαμ"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Wiliama"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Uilama"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "וילהלם"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "וויליאם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Vilmos"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Vilhjálmur"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Viljam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Uilliam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Liam"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Guglielmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Wiriamu",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ウィリアム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "Dutch form",
      "roman": "Uiremu",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ウィレム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "French form",
      "roman": "Giyōmu",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ギヨーム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Willieom",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "윌리엄"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gulielmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Guilelmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Guilielmus (Guilhelmus)"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wilhelmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Viljams"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Vilhelms"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Vìlhelmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Willem"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Wilm"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Wëllem"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Vílijam",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Ви́лијам"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Wiremu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dgillaume"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Villaume"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Villame"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Vilhelm"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Guilhèm"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Willelm"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Vilhjálmr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "viliyâm",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ویلیام"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Wilhelm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Guilherme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Vilhelm"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Vilʹgélʹm",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Вильге́льм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Uílʹjam",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Уи́льям"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Uilʹjám",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Уилья́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Vílʹjam",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ви́льям"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Vilʹjám",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Вилья́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Viliamu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Weelum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Willum"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Uilleam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Вилим"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "Vilim"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gugghiermu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vilermu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Viliam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Viljem"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Guillermo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Vilhelm"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "villiyam",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "வில்லியம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "to",
      "lang": "Tongan",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Viliami"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Vilʹhelʹm",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Вільгельм"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Wiyåme"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Gwilym"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Gwillim"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "vilyam",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "וויליאַם"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "William (name)"
  ],
  "word": "William"
}

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