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William Minns

in the US

There are 13 people with the name "William Minns" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
Minns	31,681
William Minns	2,061,088

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is 31,677th most common Laverdiere
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is 31,681st most common Minns
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is 31,685th most common Saban

is 2,061,084th most common William Mikkelsen
is 2,061,085th most common William Milbourne
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is 2,061,087th most common William Mincks
is 2,061,088th most common William Minns
is 2,061,089th most common William Mish
is 2,061,090th most common William Mitch
is 2,061,091st most common William Moffet
is 2,061,092nd most common William Molinaro

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Meaning & History

William

Minns

(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.