Comments for the name Guillaume

A famous bearer of this name: Guillaume Apollinaire, a French pioneer of modern poetry and an author.

Guillaume V will be probably be the French reigning name of the actual Prince William of Wales, (William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windsor) when he becomes King of Canada.

Crown Prince Guillaume will be the Grand Duke of Luxembourg after his father, Grand Duke Henri. He is the first child of Grand Duke Marie Therese.

Famous bearer is French actor Guillaume Canet probably best known in the English speaking world for his role in The Beach.

My sister always planned on naming a child Guillaume, until it occured to her that it is pronounced Gee-om, like the Dublin slang for female genital, gee.

The true first name of composer/musician Yann Tiersen.

Very cool name.

I don't like this name. It looks hard to pronounce.

I love this name. It looks so elegant and romantic. I like the sound of it as well, the pronunciation may need correcting at first, but it's a beautiful name regardless.

I love this masculine yet elegant name but if it were used in the U.S. the pronunciation would be butchered constantly.

Guillaume Apollinaire's (1880-1918) real name was Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kotrowitzky.

Guillaume de Grimoald was the birthname of Pope Urban V (Pontificate between 1362-1370).

I know someone with this as their surname, and they pronounce it GIL-ee-um.