How to pronouce William
William ARPAbet pronounciation: W IH1 L Y AH0 M
William IPA pronounciation: ˈwɪljəm
William
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How to pronouce, type, and say William
See how to say, spell, type, and pronounce William.
How to spell and type William
William in readable ASCII: william
William in hex: william
What does William rhyme with?
English words that rhyme with William.
The name William rhymes with:
| fitzwilliam | mcwilliam | wm |
Where is the name William popular?
See what countries the name William is most popular in.
A person named William is likely from one of the following countries:
- Australia 🇦🇺 (boy)
- Belgium 🇧🇪 (boy)
- Canada 🇨🇦 (boy)
- Denmark 🇩🇰 (boy)
- France 🇫🇷 (boy)
- Ireland 🇮🇪 (boy)
- Italy 🇮🇹 (boy)
- Netherlands 🇳🇱 (boy)
- New Zealand 🇳🇿 (boy)
- Norway 🇳🇴 (boy)
- Portugal 🇵🇹 (boy)
- Sweden 🇸🇪 (boy)
- Switzerland 🇨🇭 (boy)
- United Kingdom 🇬🇧 (boy)
- United States 🇺🇸 (boy)
- United States 🇺🇸 (girl)
Can William be a girls name?
See where William is used as a girls name.
William is sometimes used as a girls name in the following countries:
Can William be a boys name?
See where William is used as a boys name.
William is sometimes used as a boys name in the following countries:
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- 🇫🇷 France
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- 🇺🇸 United States
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
William popularity by country
See how popular William is for boys or girls in 16 country data sets.
In 2019 William was the 340th most popular boys name in Netherlands.
In 2018 William was the 8th most popular boys name in Canada.
In 2018 William was the 85th most popular boys name in France.
In 2019 William was the 3rd most popular boys name in Australia.
In 2019 William was the 2nd most popular boys name in Sweden.
In 2018 William was the 3rd most popular boys name in United States.
In 2019 William was the 8th most popular boys name in New Zealand.
In 2018 William was the 75th most popular boys name in Switzerland.
In 2018 William was the 6th most popular boys name in Norway.
In 2018 William was the 40th most popular boys name in Belgium.
In 1987 William was the 958th most popular girls name in United States.
In 2019 William was the 51st most popular boys name in Ireland.
In 2018 William was the 123rd most popular boys name in Italy.
In 2018 William was the 1st most popular boys name in Denmark.
In 2018 William was the 62nd most popular boys name in Portugal.
In 2018 William was the 14th most popular boys name in United Kingdom.
What ethnicity is the name William?
Global data on the ethnicity of the name William.
What ethnicity is someone with the name William likely to be?
- William has a 0.58% chance of being East Asian
- William has a 0.14% chance of being Japanese
- William has a 0.23% chance of being South Asian
- William has a 0.30% chance of being African
- William has a 0.02% chance of being Muslim
- William has a 93.81% chance of being British
- William has a 0.05% chance of being Eastern European
- William has a 1.05% chance of being Jewish
- William has a 2.05% chance of being French
- William has a 0.21% chance of being Germanic
- William has a 0.66% chance of being Hispanic
- William has a 0.79% chance of being Italian
- William has a 0.09% chance of being Nordic
William Probabilities
Gender, generation, birth year, and other predictions for the name William.
What is the most common profile of a person named William
Someone with the name William was most likely born in 1956.
Someone with the name William is most likely to be male.
Someone with the name William is most likely from this generation: Baby Boomers.
What names are similar to the name William?
Find similar names to William.
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