William Names for Girls

There are 23 William names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are William names 1 to 20. Within these names, Amelia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, and Spanish) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Angelica (German, English, Italian, and Romanian), Cassandra (English and German), Cecilia (English, Finnish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Helen (English), Fiona (English, German, and Scottish), Judith (English, French, and German), Adelaide (English and Italian), and Joyce (English). The unusual William names are Adela (English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Spanish), Agatha (English, German, and Italian), Araminta (English), Arlette (English, French, and German), Candace (English), Constance (English and French), Ethel (English), Imogen (English), Livia (English, German, and Italian), Matilda (English), and Silvia (English, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish).

William names are rather popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1917 with 4.630% of baby girls being given William names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 13 William names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, and are currently of moderate use. In 2007, their total usage was only 0.536% with 9 William names listed among the top 1000. Among all William names, Amelia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, and Spanish) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #77 and a usage of 0.1981%.

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Adela ... noble, honorable; of ... youngest daughter of William the Conqueror ...

Adelaide 712 ... of a noble kind ... 19th century by King William IV's popular German ...

Agatha ... kind, good ... and it was used by William the Conqueror for one ...

Amelia 77 ... imitating, rivaling; ... the wife of William IV, and of Princess ...

Angelica 234 ... angelic, like an angel; ... young woman in William Congreve's play Love ...

Araminta ... first appeared in William Congreve's comedy The Old ...

Arlette ... eagle ... borne by the mother of William the Conqueror. ...

Candace ... queen; incandescent; ... name has appeared in William Faulkner's novel The ...

Cassandra 260 ... shining upon man; protrude, ... name of a prophetess in William Shakespeare's Troilus ...

Cecilia 274 ... blind ... one of the daughters of William the Conqueror ...

Constance ... steadfast, constant ... one of the daughters of William the Conqueror, and by ...

Ethel ... noble ... main characters in the William Makepeace Thackeray ...

Fiona 352 ... fair, blond ... by the Scottish writer William Sharp (1855-1905) and ...

Helen 348 ... bright one, shining ... by characters in the William Shakespeare plays ...

Imogen ... daughter, girl; innocent ... William Shakespeare play Cymbeline (1609) referred ...

Joyce 837 ... lord ... the Breton followers of William the Conqueror ...

Judith 653 ... woman from Judea ... known from the niece of William the Conqueror ...

Livia ... bluish, lead-colored; ... century, including the William Shakespeare play Romeo ...

Matilda ... mighty in battle ... (-1083), the wife of William the Conqueror; thus the ...

Silvia ... woman of the woods ... Verona (1592-1593) and William Congreve's The Old ...