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William Oneil

in the US

There are 460 people with the name "William Oneil" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
Oneil	1,010
William Oneil	22,063

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is 1,006th most common Costello
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is 1,010th most common Oneil
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is 22,059th most common Shirley Price
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is 22,061st most common Troy Thomas
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is 22,063rd most common William Oneil
is 22,064th most common Ana Castro
is 22,065th most common Andrea Hall
is 22,066th most common Andrea Martinez
is 22,067th most common Andrew Collins

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Meaning & History

William

Oneil

(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.