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William Weeks

in the US

There are 506 people with the name "William Weeks" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
William	6
Weeks	721
William Weeks	18,738

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is 7th most common Mary
is 8th most common Richard
is 9th most common Thomas
is 10th most common Joseph

is 717th most common Durham
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is 719th most common Serrano
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is 721st most common Weeks
is 722nd most common Knapp
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is 725th most common Nielsen

is 18,734th most common Wayne Evans
is 18,735th most common William Leach
is 18,736th most common William Mcintyre
is 18,737th most common William Vincent
is 18,738th most common William Weeks
is 18,739th most common Abel Rodriguez
is 18,740th most common Andrew Evans
is 18,741st most common Betty Reynolds
is 18,742nd most common C Patterson

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Meaning & History

William

Weeks

(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.