Given name & surname

Wilhem

Wilhem is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Wilhem isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Wilhem through the years

Babies since 1880
10
10 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1997
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012320002025Highest share 19970.0
Wilhem in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1997–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 152 as a first name in 2020; 111 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 3

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

People named Wilhem

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Wilhem, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Hikeem

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Tannim

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>99% boys

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Sarek

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Idean

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Tiree

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Wilhem’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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