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William McClain

in the US

There are 481 people with the name "William McClain" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
McClain	680
William McClain	20,445

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is 676th most common Bartlett
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is 680th most common Mcclain
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is 20,441st most common Susan Nichols
is 20,442nd most common Terry Price
is 20,443rd most common Tonya Jackson
is 20,444th most common William Harding
is 20,445th most common William Mcclain
is 20,446th most common Alice Lewis
is 20,447th most common Anne Thompson
is 20,448th most common Barbara Greene
is 20,449th most common Bill Walker

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Meaning & History

William

McClain

(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.