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William Flowers

in the US

There are 456 people with the name "William Flowers" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
Flowers	574
William Flowers	22,388

is 2nd most common Robert
is 3rd most common James
is 4th most common Michael
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 570th most common Phelps
is 571st most common Liu
is 572nd most common Vincent
is 573rd most common Farrell
is 574th most common Flowers
is 575th most common Heath
is 576th most common Berg
is 577th most common Leon
is 578th most common Garrison

is 22,384th most common Terry Kelly
is 22,385th most common Thomas Graves
is 22,386th most common Tom White
is 22,387th most common Velma Smith
is 22,388th most common William Flowers
is 22,389th most common William Mayer
is 22,390th most common A Morgan
is 22,391st most common Adam Moore
is 22,392nd most common Alma Lopez

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Meaning & History

William

Flowers

(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.