William Duke

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William 6
Duke 890
William Duke 24,276
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  3. is 4th most common Michael
  4. is 5th most common David
  5. is 6th most common William
  6. is 7th most common Mary
  7. is 8th most common Richard
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  9. is 10th most common Joseph
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  1. is 886th most common Escobar
  2. is 887th most common Hooper
  3. is 888th most common Davies
  4. is 889th most common Chung
  5. is 890th most common Duke
  6. is 891st most common Madden
  7. is 892nd most common Braun
  8. is 893rd most common Daugherty
  9. is 894th most common Santana
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  1. is 24,272nd most common Tiffany Clark
  2. is 24,273rd most common Timothy Hart
  3. is 24,274th most common Valerie Thompson
  4. is 24,275th most common William Burch
  5. is 24,276th most common William Duke
  6. is 24,277th most common Willie Collins
  7. is 24,278th most common Albert Lopez
  8. is 24,279th most common Albert Robinson
  9. is 24,280th most common Allen Walker


Meaning & History

(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.

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