Given name & surname · also Old French
Guillerme
“will-helmet”
Guillerme is a masculine given name from Old French, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Galician.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Guillerme goes back to Frankish *Willahelm, meaning “will-helmet.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Guillerme comes from Old French, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Galician usage, Guillerme developed from WILLAME.
Guillerme’s family of names
In Galician usage, Guillerme developed from WILLAME. In Galician usage, Guillerme has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Guillermo. In Galician usage, Guillerme has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Guilherme.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Guillerme has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Guillerme
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