Boy name Old German origin Christian tradition

Wilhelm

VIL-helm · 7 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Resolute protector (William)
Language
Old German
Culture
Germanic
Religion
Christian
Style era
classic
Themes
royal · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#4300
2024 births25
Peak year2014
First appeared1880
Total US births1,801
2014 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
WilliHelm
Alternate spellings
WilhelmusVilhelm
In other languages
Wilhelm (German)William (English)Vilhelm (Scandinavian)Guillaume (French)Guillermo (Spanish)

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Notable people named Wilhelm

Kaiser Wilhelm I
Wilhelm Röntgen
Wilhelm Furtwängler