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William Waters

in the US

There are 704 people with the name "William Waters" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
Waters	434
William Waters	10,481

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is 430th most common Maldonado
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is 438th most common Buchanan

is 10,477th most common Timothy Reed
is 10,478th most common Travis Jones
is 10,479th most common Wendy Davis
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is 10,481st most common William Waters
is 10,482nd most common Antonio Gutierrez
is 10,483rd most common Antonio Morales
is 10,484th most common Christine Clark
is 10,485th most common Clinton Smith

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Meaning & History

William

Waters

(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.