William
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈwɪl.jəm/, /ˈwɪl.i.əm/
- A male given name popular since the Norman Conquest.
- 1605 William Camden, Remains Concerning Britain, John Russell Smith, 1870, page 98:
- 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.
- 2004 Christopher Wood, California, Here I Am, TwentyFirst Century Publishers Ltd, ISBN 1904433219, pages 29-30:
- 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.
- 1605 William Camden, Remains Concerning Britain, John Russell Smith, 1870, page 98:
- French: Guillaume
- German: Wilhelm
- Italian: Guglielmo
- Portuguese: Guilherme
- Russian: Вильге́льм
- Spanish: Guillermo
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