Wilhelm - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 2 syll. wi-(l)hel(m), wil-he-lm ] The boy name Wilhelm is pronounced as WIHLHHEHLM ^KEY. Wilhelm is used mostly in the German language and it is of Germanic origin. A variant of Wilhelm is the German pet form Willi. Wilhelm is a variant form of the English and French name William.

Wilhelm is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1902 with 0.006% of baby boys being given the name Wilhelm. Its ranking then was #930. The baby name has since declined in popularity, and is currently used on an infrequent scale. In 2007, among the group of boy names directly linked to Wilhelm, the English and French William was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Wilhelm include the Dutch and German name Willem and the English and French name William.

^KEY: English pronunciation for Wilhelm: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"

Details of famous persons named Wilhelm:
Composer Richard Wagner, born Wilhelm Richard Wagner, 22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883, Leipzig, Germany.
Fabulist Wilhelm Grimm, born Wilhelm Carl Grimm, 24 February 1786 - 16 December 1859, Hanau, Germany.

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