Given name

Vilhelms

“the determined protector”

Vilhelms is a variant of Vilhelm. In Danish use, Vilhelm carries the interpretation “the determined protector.”

Original GermanWilhelm

Meaning & origin

What it means

Vilhelms is a variant of Vilhelm. In Danish use, Vilhelm carries the interpretation “the determined protector.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Vilhelms comes from German.

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How it developed

From German Wilhelm.

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Vilhelms’s family of names

In Latvian usage, Vilhelms has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Guilherme. In Latvian usage, Vilhelms has a conventional equivalent in the French form Guillaume. In Latvian usage, Vilhelms has a conventional equivalent in the German form Wilhelm.

Walk Vilhelms’s family in the name graph

VilhelmsVilhelmWilliamGuilhermeWilhelmGuillaumeGuglielmo

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Vilhelms has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.

German

Germanwhere Vilhelms comes from · 1 name

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 5

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Vilhelms

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