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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 Popularity Trend of Adela
from 1900 to 2007. ... noble, honorable; of ... youngest daughter of William the Conqueror ...

Adelaide Popularity Trend of Adelaide
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 712 712 ... of a noble kind ... 19th century by King William IV's popular German ...

Agatha Popularity Trend of Agatha
from 1900 to 2007. ... kind, good ... and it was used by William the Conqueror for one ...

Amelia Popularity Trend of Amelia
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 77 77 ... imitating, rivaling; ... the wife of William IV, and of Princess ...

Angelica Popularity Trend of Angelica
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 234 234 ... 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 Popularity Trend of Candace
from 1900 to 2007. ... queen; incandescent; ... name has appeared in William Faulkner's novel The ...

Cassandra Popularity Trend of Cassandra
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 260 260 ... shining upon man; protrude, ... name of a prophetess in William Shakespeare's Troilus ...

Cecilia Popularity Trend of Cecilia
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 274 274 ... blind ... one of the daughters of William the Conqueror ...

Constance Popularity Trend of Constance
from 1900 to 2007. ... steadfast, constant ... one of the daughters of William the Conqueror, and by ...

Ethel Popularity Trend of Ethel
from 1900 to 2007. ... noble ... main characters in the William Makepeace Thackeray ...

Fiona Popularity Trend of Fiona
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 352 352 ... fair, blond ... by the Scottish writer William Sharp (1855-1905) and ...

Helen Popularity Trend of Helen
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 348 348 ... bright one, shining ... by characters in the William Shakespeare plays ...

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

Joyce Popularity Trend of Joyce
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 837 837 ... lord ... the Breton followers of William the Conqueror ...

Judith Popularity Trend of Judith
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 653 653 ... woman from Judea ... known from the niece of William the Conqueror ...

Livia Popularity Trend of Livia
from 1900 to 2007. ... bluish, lead-colored; ... century, including the William Shakespeare play Romeo ...

Matilda Popularity Trend of Matilda
from 1900 to 2007. ... mighty in battle ... (-1083), the wife of William the Conqueror; thus the ...

Silvia Popularity Trend of Silvia
from 1900 to 2007. ... woman of the woods ... Verona (1592-1593) and William Congreve's The Old ...



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