Recent Matching
WhitePages members

More WhitePages members

Add your member listing

William in the US

  1. #3 James
  2. #4 Robert
  3. #5 David
  4. #6 Mary
  5. #7 William
  6. #8 Richard
  7. #9 Thomas
  8. #10 Jennifer
  9. #11 Patricia

Walker in the US

  1. #24 Lopez
  2. #25 Gonzalez
  3. #26 Lewis
  4. #27 Robinson
  5. #28 Walker
  6. #29 Hall
  7. #30 Young
  8. #31 Allen
  9. #32 King
HOME DISCOVER ABOUT
6,128
people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named William Walker

Meaning & Origins

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.
7th in the U.S. for 2011
English (especially Yorkshire) and Scottish: occupational name for a fuller, Middle English walkere, Old English wealcere, an agent derivative of wealcan ‘to walk, tread’. This was the regular term for the occupation during the Middle Ages in western and northern England. Compare Fuller and Tucker. As a Scottish surname it has also been used as a translation of Gaelic Mac an Fhucadair ‘son of the fuller’.
28th in the U.S. for 2011

Nicknames & variations

Top state populations

U.S. Distribution Map

William Walker is most likely to live in Texas, Florida, California, Georgia, and North Carolina

Comments