Given name
Guilhermo
“desire, will”·“helmet, protection”
Guilhermo is a given name from Latin. It is used in Portuguese.
Original LatinGulielmus
Meaning & origin
What it means
Guilhermo is built from elements meaning “desire, will” and “helmet, protection”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Guilhermo’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Guilhermo has a conventional equivalent in the English form William. In Portuguese usage, Guilhermo has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Guillermo. In Portuguese usage, Guilhermo has a conventional equivalent in the Irish form Liam.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Guilhermo has relatives in 48 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Guilhermo comes from · 1 name
Across languages 46
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- GulielmusLatin
- LiamIrish
- WilliamEnglish
- GuillermoSpanish
- WillemDutch, Low German
- WilhelmPolish, German
- UilliamIrish
- GwilymWelsh
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- GuillaumeFrench
- ВільгельмUkrainian
- வில்லியம்Tamil
- VilhelmSwedish, Romanian
- ВильгельмRussian
- GuilhèmOccitan
- Dgillaumeroa-nor
- ВилијамMacedonian
- VilhelmasLithuanian
- ViljamsLatvian
- ウィリアムJapanese
- GuglielmoItalian
- VilhjálmurIcelandic, Faroese
- VilmosHungarian
- ווילהלםHebrew
- UilamaHawaiian
- WiliamaHawaiian
- ΓουλιέλμοςGreek
- GwillimWelsh
- GuillermeGalician
- UilleamScottish Gaelic
- VilhelmiFinnish
- VillemEstonian
- VilhelmoEsperanto
- ViljemSlovene
- ViliamSlovak
- VilimCroatian
- WellaCornish
- 威廉Chinese
- ᏫꮅꮿꮋCherokee
- VilémCzech
- GuillemCatalan
- УилямBulgarian
- GwilhermBreton
- উইলিয়ামBengali
- WilmLow German
- GuillénAragonese
- ويليامArabic
See also 1
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