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William Schwenk

in the US

There are 30 people with the name "William Schwenk" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
Schwenk	11,568
William Schwenk	823,354

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is 11,564th most common Wink
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is 11,568th most common Schwenk
is 11,569th most common Westman
is 11,570th most common Bodden
is 11,571st most common Dunkley
is 11,572nd most common Durrant

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is 823,354th most common William Schwenk
is 823,355th most common William Seibold
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is 823,358th most common William Sheetz

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Meaning & History

William

Schwenk

(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.