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William Babcock

in the US

There are 274 people with the name "William Babcock" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
Babcock	1,448
William Babcock	50,628

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is 1,448th most common Babcock
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is 50,624th most common Virginia Stevens
is 50,625th most common Walter Marshall
is 50,626th most common Warren Baker
is 50,627th most common William Aldridge
is 50,628th most common William Babcock
is 50,629th most common William Coffman
is 50,630th most common William Engel
is 50,631st most common William Ferris
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Meaning & History

William

Babcock

(male) Probably the most successful of all the Old French names of Germanic origin that were introduced to England by the Normans. It is derived from Germanic wil ‘will, desire’ + helm ‘helmet, protection’. The fact that it was borne by the Conqueror himself does not seem to have inhibited its favour with the ‘conquered’ population: in the first century after the Conquest it was the commonest male name of all, and not only among the Normans. In the later Middle Ages it was overtaken by John, but continued to run second to that name until the 20th century, when the picture became more fragmented.

Short forms: Will, Bill.

Pet forms: Willy, Willie, Billy.

Cognates: Irish: Uilliam. Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam. Welsh: Gwilym. German: Wilhelm. Dutch: Willem. Scandinavian: Vilhelm. French: Guillaume. Spanish: Guilermo. Catalan: Guillem. Portuguese: Guilherme. Italian: Guglielmo. Czech: Vilém. Slovenian: Viljem. Hungarian: Vilmos. Lithuanian: Vilhelmas. Latvian: Vilhelms.