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William Terrell

in the US

There are 315 people with the name "William Terrell" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
Terrell	944
William Terrell	40,903

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is 940th most common Merrill
is 941st most common Lozano
is 942nd most common Snider
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is 944th most common Terrell
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is 40,899th most common Vivian Anderson
is 40,900th most common William Albright
is 40,901st most common William Burt
is 40,902nd most common William Kirkland
is 40,903rd most common William Terrell
is 40,904th most common A Jimenez
is 40,905th most common Alejandra Garcia
is 40,906th most common Amy Mason
is 40,907th most common Angela Rose

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Meaning & History

William

Terrell

(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.