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William Custer

in the US

There are 132 people with the name "William Custer" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
Custer	3,033
William Custer	141,012

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is 5th most common David
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 3,029th most common Bunn
is 3,030th most common Dees
is 3,031st most common Poindexter
is 3,032nd most common Littlejohn
is 3,033rd most common Custer
is 3,034th most common Villareal
is 3,035th most common Lemke
is 3,036th most common Hanlon
is 3,037th most common Montague

is 141,008th most common Wilbert Davis
is 141,009th most common William Brant
is 141,010th most common William Brinkman
is 141,011th most common William Churchill
is 141,012th most common William Custer
is 141,013th most common William Echols
is 141,014th most common William Fawcett
is 141,015th most common William Fuchs
is 141,016th most common William Fulmer

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Meaning & History

William

Custer

(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.