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William Byrd

in the US

There are 846 people with the name "William Byrd" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
Byrd	303
William Byrd	7,489

is 2nd most common Robert
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is 6th most common William
is 7th most common Mary
is 8th most common Richard
is 9th most common Thomas
is 10th most common Joseph

is 299th most common Neal
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is 301st most common Frazier
is 302nd most common Jennings
is 303rd most common Byrd
is 304th most common Shelton
is 305th most common Benson
is 306th most common Mann
is 307th most common Holt

is 7,485th most common Raymond Jackson
is 7,486th most common Richard Bishop
is 7,487th most common Robert Wilkinson
is 7,488th most common Thomas Mclaughlin
is 7,489th most common William Byrd
is 7,490th most common Connie Miller
is 7,491st most common Daniel Mccarthy
is 7,492nd most common Daniel Wood
is 7,493rd most common Gerald Moore

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Meaning & History

William

Byrd

(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.