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William Ellison

in the US

There are 404 people with the name "William Ellison" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
Ellison	752
William Ellison	27,534

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is 27,530th most common Thomas Chandler
is 27,531st most common Timothy Fitzgerald
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is 27,533rd most common Wanda Hill
is 27,534th most common William Ellison
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is 27,536th most common Alex Gonzalez
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is 27,538th most common Andrew Kelly

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Meaning & History

William

Ellison

(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.