Monday, Jan 19, 2009 at 07:39
You just cannot get my name around your head, can you Mainy......LOL
William is a popular given name of old Germanic origin.[1] It became very popular in the English language after the Norman Conquest of 1066, and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. The modern German equivalent is "Wilhelm." It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." The name's shortened familiar version in English is Bill, Billy, "Will" or "Willie".
Willem is the original derivative from the name Wilhelm which came into being around the start of the first millenium. William is from the Norman language (although Norman French was Latin-based and the proper name is Germanic) and is a cognate from the German Wilhelm, and of Germanic origin: wil = "will or desire"; helm;"helmet, protection";[1] thus the Old German name Wilhelm and the Old Norse name Vilhjálmr have the same roots. The Belgian name "Guildhelm" means "harnessed with a gilded helmet".
William is the English translation of the name Willem.The English "William" is taken from the Anglo-Norman language and was transmitted to England after the Norman Conquest in the 11th century, and soon became the most popular name in England
Alternate forms include:
Wilhelm (German, Polish)
Willem, Wim, Jelle (Frisian, Afrikaans, Dutch, Low German)
Wiremu (Maori)
Wei Lián (Chinese)
Wil li am (Korean)
Wiriamu (Japanese)
Willelm (Old English)
Wellëm (Luxembourgish)
Gulielmus (Latin)
Guglielmo (Italian)
Guillaume (French)
Guildhelm (Old Dutch)
Guilhem (Occitan)
Guillem (Catalan)
Guillén (Aragonese)
Guillermo (Spanish)
Guilherme (Portuguese)
Guillerme (Galician)
Gwilym (Welsh)
Gwilherm (Breton)
Gugghiermu (Sicilian)
Gllâome (Norman)
Illiam (Manx Gaelic)
Melhem - ???? (Arabic)
Uilleam (Scots Gaelic)
Uilliam (Irish Gaelic)
?????? - Uiliam (Bulgarian)
???????? - Velvel (Yiddish)
Villem, Villu (Estonian)
????????? - Vil'gel'm (Russian)
????????? - Vil'gel'm (Ukrainian)
Vilhelm (Danish, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish)
Vilhelmo (Esperanto)
Viliam (Slovak)
Viljem (Slovene)
?????? - Vylyam (Hebrew)
????? - Vilim (Serbian)
Vilém (Czech)
Vilmos (Hungarian)
Viljams (Latvian)
Vilius, Viliumas (Lithuanian)
Viljami, Ville (Finnish)
Vilhjálmur (Icelandic)
Vilhjálmr (Old Norse)
Veljams (Samogitian)
G??????µ?? - Gouliélmos (Greek)
((Ref: Wikipedia)
So there you have it.
How to extend a thread without even trying.....LOL
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