Given name

Vilhjalmr

Vilhjalmr is a masculine given name from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Old Norse.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Vilhjalmr comes from Proto-Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Vilhjalmr’s family of names

In Old Norse usage, Vilhjalmr has a conventional equivalent in the German form Wilhelm. In Old Norse usage, Vilhjalmr has a related form in Vilhjálmr.

Walk Vilhjalmr’s family in the name graph

VilhjalmrVilhjálmrWilhelmVilhjelm

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

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Around the world

Vilhjalmr has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.

Proto-Germanic

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

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

Across languages 2

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

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