There are 30 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 2008, followed in descending order by Isabel (Portuguese, Provençal, Spanish, English, French, and German), Angelica (English, German, Russian, Greek, Italian, Romanian, and Spanish), Cecilia (English, Finnish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Cassandra (English and German), Fiona (English, German, and Scottish), Helen (English), and Adelaide (English and Italian). The unusual William names are Adela (Czech, English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Spanish), Agatha (English, German, and Italian), Araminta (English), Arlette (English, French, and German), Candace (English), Constance (English and French), Dilys (English and Welsh), Dolly (English), Dorcas (English), Ethel (English), Fidelia (Spanish), and Imogen (English). William names are rather popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1940 with 4.633% of baby girls being given William names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 16 William names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, and they are of moderate use in recent times. In 2008, their total usage was only 0.757% with 13 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 #68 and a usage of 0.2088%.
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Adela | noble, honorable; of ... youngest daughter of William the Conqueror, while ... |
Adelaide 551 | of a noble kind ... 19th century by King William IV's popular ... |
Agatha | kind, good ... and it was used by William the Conqueror for one ... |
Amelia 68 | imitating, rivaling; ... the wife of William IV, and of Princess ... |
Angelica 257 | 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 mother; incandescent; ... it has appeared in William Faulkner's novel The ... |
Cassandra 284 | shining upon man; protrude, ... name of a prophetess in William Shakespeare's play ... |
Cecilia 270 | blind ... one of the daughters of William the Conqueror ... |
Constance | steadfast, constant ... one of the daughters of William the Conqueror, and by ... |
| Dilys | genuine, sincere, steadfast, ... have been first used by William and Jane Davis for ... |
Dolly | gift of god; pain; doll; pain; gift of god ... Doll Tearsheet in William Shakespeare's ... |
Dorcas | gazelle, doe, roe ... a shepherdess in the William Shakespeare play The ... |
Ethel | noble, honorable; noble ... main characters in the William Makepeace Thackeray ... |
| Fidelia | faithful ... Queene (1590,1596) and William Wycherly's comedy play ... |
Fiona 347 | fair, blond ... by the Scottish writer William Sharp (1855-1905) and ... |
Helen 371 | bright one, shining ... by characters in the William Shakespeare plays ... |
| Imogen | daughter, girl; innocent ... William Shakespeare play Cymbeline (1609) referred ... |
Isabel 96 | God is perfection, God is my oath ... name of the heroine in William Shakespeare's play ... |
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