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The name William is widely used; it has 31 variants that are used in both English and other languages. Variants of William used in English include Ulick (used in Irish as well) and Willard. Other English variants include the short forms Bill and Will, and the pet forms Billie, Billy, Willie, and Willy. Foreign variants of William include Guglielmo (Italian), Guilermo (Spanish), Guilherme (Portuguese), Guillaume (French), Guillem (Catalan and Spanish), Guillermo (Spanish), Gwilim (Welsh), Gwill (Welsh), Gwilym (Welsh), Gwyllim (Welsh), Jelle (Dutch), Uilleam (Scottish), Uilliam (Irish), Vilem (Czech), Vilhelm (Scandinavian), Ville (Finnish and Scandinavian), Vilmos (Hungarian), Vilppu (Finnish), Wilhelm (German), and Willem (Dutch and German). Specific foreign variants include the short forms Liam (Irish) and Wim (German), and the pet form Willi (German). See also the related forms, Wilkie (English), Willis (English), and Wilson (English). William is a classic favorite. At present it is still a very popular baby name for boys, though to a lesser extent than it was before. In 1900, 5.288% of baby boys were given the name William. Its ranking then was #2. The baby name has since fallen in popularity, and is today of moderate use. In 2007, its usage was only 0.853% and its ranking #8, but it was nonetheless the most popular out of all boy names in its group. In 2007, William was more commonly used than the next most popular name, Liam (Irish), by 4 times. The name William has been predominantly given to boys, though it has also been used as a girl name in the past century. In 1987, boys named William outnumbered girls by 138 times. Baby names that sound like William include the name Wilhelm (German) and the name Willem (Dutch and German). KEY: approx pronunciation for William: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" Details of famous persons named William:
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