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William Thorne

in the US

There are 240 people with the name "William Thorne" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
Thorne	1,760
William Thorne	61,740

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is 1,756th most common Adair
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is 1,760th most common Thorne
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is 61,736th most common William Cope
is 61,737th most common William Crockett
is 61,738th most common William Mccormack
is 61,739th most common William Power
is 61,740th most common William Thorne
is 61,741st most common Willie Jefferson
is 61,742nd most common A Hudson
is 61,743rd most common Adam West
is 61,744th most common Albert Rogers

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Meaning & History

William

Thorne

(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.