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William McCarty

in the US

There are 462 people with the name "William McCarty" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
McCarty	833
William McCarty	21,909

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is 833rd most common Mccarty
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is 837th most common Hayden

is 21,905th most common Teresa Nelson
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is 21,909th most common William Mccarty
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is 21,911th most common A Richardson
is 21,912th most common Anne Murphy
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Meaning & History

William

McCarty

(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.