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William Pitts

in the US

There are 489 people with the name "William Pitts" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
Pitts	628
William Pitts	19,865

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is 19,861st most common Victoria Martinez
is 19,862nd most common W Anderson
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is 19,865th most common William Pitts
is 19,866th most common Anne Moore
is 19,867th most common Annie Robinson
is 19,868th most common April Wilson
is 19,869th most common Arthur Hill

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Meaning & History

William

Pitts

(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.