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Wiliam - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Wiliam

[ syll. wi-liam, wil-i-am ] The boy name Wiliam is pronounced WIHLiyahM KEY. Wiliam's origin is Germanic, and its use, English. Wiliam is a spelling variant of the English and French William.

Wiliam is not popular as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the family of boy names directly related to Wiliam, the English and French William was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Wiliam include the Hawaiian Walena, the English Waylon, the English Wileen, the Dutch and Scandinavian Wilheim, the German and Scandinavian Wilhelm, the English Willam, the Dutch and German Willem, the English and French William, and the English Willian.

KEY: approx pronunciation for Wiliam: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"


 
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