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Every time I hear this name I think of the Young Royals character. Love Edwin Ryding.
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Wilhelm II was Kaiser of the German Empire from 1888 to 1918.
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Also Dutch: https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Wilhelm
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Also used in Swedish: https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Wilhelm
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Also used in Afrikaans: https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynand_Strydom -- gebore Wynand Wilhelm Strydom
You'll find bearers on social media.
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You'll find bearers on social media.
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Wilhelm from Young Royals :)
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A bit old-fashioned, but I really like the sound of this name. Truly beautiful.
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Interesting, what was the reason for this beautiful name to lose it's popularity? Looks like at some point many decades ago it was a really popular male name, but then it just rapidly lost it and it's not used often anymore. Anyway, Wilhelm is just an amazing name. Looks and sounds strong. Great male name!
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I don't really care for it, but it's an okay name.
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One of the Brothers Grimm was called Wilhelm.
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This is my real name. I'm from Germany, and I'm 16 years old. I was adopted when I was 13, and now I live in America with a nice family. However, I sometimes go by Wil (sometimes Will) or William. In my school sometimes people call me William. Overall, most people in America don't care what your name is, and I find that very nice. If you like Wilhelm, go for it.
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Apparently also used in Polish: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm
https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wilhelm
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https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wilhelm
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To me, this is the most German name out there. I gave this name to a German character in my book.
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Hello,
I have to make a small correction, Wilhelm Tell, the Swiss hero, appears at the anglicized version of the name. It has not so much importance, but in Switzerland you say Wilhelm and not William Tell. That's it, thank you for considering this comment. [noted -ed]
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I have to make a small correction, Wilhelm Tell, the Swiss hero, appears at the anglicized version of the name. It has not so much importance, but in Switzerland you say Wilhelm and not William Tell. That's it, thank you for considering this comment. [noted -ed]
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This name is very old and hardly used in todays Germany.
Germans usually connect their great grandfathers with this name as it was popular in the 1800s and early 1900s and to native german ears this name sounds literally as if you would "want a helmet"! I think it's not nicer than William at all, especially because the name William is still used regularly. I would really not consider it for a child and if at all only to honour an ancestor and only as a second name.
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Germans usually connect their great grandfathers with this name as it was popular in the 1800s and early 1900s and to native german ears this name sounds literally as if you would "want a helmet"! I think it's not nicer than William at all, especially because the name William is still used regularly. I would really not consider it for a child and if at all only to honour an ancestor and only as a second name.
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Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and polemicist primarily known for his operas.
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Wilhelm (1330-1389) was the son of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV and his wife Margarete.
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Wilhelm (1648-1649) was the son of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and his first wife Luise.
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Wilhelm (1176-?) was the son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) and his wife Beatrix.
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Wilhelm (1701-1704) was the son of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria and his second wife Theresa.
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Wilhelm (1783-1851) was the son of King Frederick William II of Prussia and his second wife Friederike.
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Wilhelm (1797-1888) was the son of King Frederick William III of Prussia and his wife Luise. He later became King William I of Prussia.
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Wilhelm (1529-1530) was the son of William IV, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Jakobaea.
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Wilhelm (1493-1550) was the son of Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Kunigunde. He later became Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria.
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Wilhelm (1548-1626) was the son of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Anna. He later became Duke Wilhelm V.
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Wilhelm (1425-1482) was the son of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and his wife Katharina.
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Wilhelm (1585-1586) was the son of Duke Albert Frederick of Prussia and his wife Marie Eleonore.
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Wilhelm (1882-1951) was the oldest son of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and his wife Augusta. He was the Crown Prince until 1918.
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It wasn't just one of philosopher Hegel's middle names, he was actually known to most of his friends and family as Wilhelm.
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Wilhelm von Bode (1845-1929) was a German art historian. In 1920 he was director general of all the royal museums of Prussia.
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Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen discovered X-rays.
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Colonel Wilhelm Klink; Commandant of "Hogan's Heroes" world Stalag 13; played by Werner Klemperer; often imitated by comedian Colin Mochrie.
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Two famous bearers are Wilhelm the Great and his grandson Wilhelm II, both were German Emperors.
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Makes me think of a twelve-year-old blond yodeler up in the Alps somewhere.
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Ok, I take that back COMPLETELY. I started using this in a story I was writing (set in Germany) after saying it a while, I realized what a refined name this really is. It's one of my favorites now, much better than William. (Shows how fickle I am!)
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The Wilhelm Scream is a sound effect commonly used in movies. (Which is probably why I'll never really be able to take anyone named Wilhelm seriously, though I think it is a very distinguished-sounding name.)
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This name is also found in the Anglo-Saxon Royal Genealogies. Wilhelm was the third great grandfather of Redwald, an East Anglian king, who is believed to be the subject of the Sutton Hoo ship burial. The name Wilhelm was eventually replaced in England by the Normam form 'William'.
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Wilhelm Tell, the German way of saying William Tell.
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Famous bearer is Wilhelm Furtwängler, a German conductor.
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Famous bearer is Wilhelm Backhaus, a German pianist.
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Leonardo DiCaprio's middle name is Wilhelm.
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One of the Brothers Grimm, best known for their collections of German fairytales, was named Wilhelm Karl Grimm.
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