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William Vose

in the US

There are 26 people with the name "William Vose" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
Vose	15,267
William Vose	965,797

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is 15,267th most common Vose
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is 15,269th most common Frese
is 15,270th most common Mahr
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is 965,793rd most common William Vanorden
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is 965,797th most common William Vose
is 965,798th most common William Waggener
is 965,799th most common William Waibel
is 965,800th most common William Walke
is 965,801st most common William Weisgerber

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Meaning & History

William

Vose

(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.