William
Germanic boy's name
William is one of the most enduring male given names in English, borne by kings, conquerors, and countless ordinary men since the Norman Conquest.
It shortens to Will, Bill, Billy, Willy, and Liam.
William was named after his grandfather.
The name remains common across English-speaking countries.
Royal family male
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- palaceMonarch's official residence
dynasty · reign · Wales · Windsor · heir · Charles · George · Cambridge
Defeating and seizing control
- NormansViking-descended medieval conquerors
- 1066Norman invasion year
- Battle of Hastings1066 Norman-Saxon clash
- Domesday Book1086 English land survey
Bayeux Tapestry · Anglo-Saxon · medieval · Rufus · Plantagenet · succession · heir · England
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- bardPoet of epics
- sonnetsFourteen-line rhymed poems
- playsStaged dramatic works
- dramatistWriter of stage works
Elizabethan · tragedy · comedy · soliloquy · iambic · pentameter · folio · Globe
French form of William
- WilhelmGerman masculine royal name
- WillemDutch form of William
- cognateWord sharing etymological origin
- translationConverting between languages
prince
Royal family male
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
palace · dynasty · reign · Wales · Windsor · heir · Charles · George · Cambridge · succession
conquest
Defeating and seizing control
- NormansViking-descended medieval conquerors
- 1066Norman invasion year
- Battle of Hastings1066 Norman-Saxon clash
Domesday Book · Bayeux Tapestry · Anglo-Saxon · medieval · Rufus · Plantagenet · succession · heir · England · duke
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
dramatist · Elizabethan · tragedy · comedy · soliloquy · iambic · pentameter · folio · Globe · theatre
Guillaume
French form of William
Will
Male name, nickname
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
- nicknameInformal substitute name
- informalRelaxed, not official
- Ted WilliamsGreatest hitter who lived
- Pharrell WilliamsSinger-producer from Virginia
- William Shakespeare
- Robin Williams
- Bruce Willis
- Prince WilliamWales's eldest son