Wilhelm
Prussian royal name
Wilhelm is a German given name equivalent to English William, meaning "will" and "helmet" or "protection." It appears in historical contexts, particularly German royalty: Kaiser Wilhelm ruled during World War I.
The name retains old-world formality in English contexts, sometimes suggesting Germanic heritage or military bearing.
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- sovereignSupreme in power
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
coronation · Prussia · Reich · regent · succession · abdication · heir · imperial
Of ancient German peoples
- SaxonEarly Germanic Briton settler
- FrankishOf the Germanic tribe
- NorseAncient Scandinavian civilization
- Anglo-SaxonPre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
Prussian · Bavarian · runes · Woden · medieval · Charlemagne · Holy Roman Empire · knighthood
French form of William
crown
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
dynasty · coronation · Prussia · Reich · regent · succession · abdication · heir · imperial · nobility
Teutonic
Of ancient German peoples
- SaxonEarly Germanic Briton settler
- FrankishOf the Germanic tribe
- NorseAncient Scandinavian civilization
Anglo-Saxon · Prussian · Bavarian · runes · Woden · medieval · Charlemagne · Holy Roman Empire · knighthood · heraldry
Guillaume
French form of William
archival
Of preserved documents
heritage · legacy · antique · bygone · epoch · nineteenth-century · Edwardian · Victorian · World War I · armistice
- Kaiser WilhelmGerman imperial sovereign
- Kaiser Wilhelm IIFinal Hohenzollern sovereign
- Wilhelm ReichPsychoanalyst, orgone energy proponent
- Wilhelm Röntgen
- Wilhelm screamOverused cinematic death cry
- Wilhelm IIFinal German emperor