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William Mills

in the US

There are 1,367 people with the name "William Mills" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
Mills	156
William Mills	3,093

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is 7th most common Mary
is 8th most common Richard
is 9th most common Thomas
is 10th most common Joseph

is 152nd most common Robertson
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is 154th most common Ramos
is 155th most common Rice
is 156th most common Mills
is 157th most common Warren
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is 159th most common Boyd
is 160th most common Patel

is 3,089th most common Timothy Clark
is 3,090th most common James Bowman
is 3,091st most common John Brennan
is 3,092nd most common Mark Scott
is 3,093rd most common William Mills
is 3,094th most common Dan Smith
is 3,095th most common Glenn Johnson
is 3,096th most common Robert May
is 3,097th most common Russell Miller

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Meaning & History

William

Mills

(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.