Vilhelm

Vilhelm

1. a male given name, equivalent to English William

• variants: Villy, William, Willy
• feminine forms: Minna

Vilhelm m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Vilhelm: Vilhelmsson
• daughter of Vilhelm: Vilhelmsdóttir

From Swedish Vilhelm.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋilhelm/, [ˈʋilhe̞lm]
• Rhymes: -ilhelm
• Syllabification^(key): Vil‧helm

Vilhelm

1. William (of foreign historical persons)

   Vilhelm Valloittaja ― William the Conqueror

2. a male given name, usually a middle name (arguably Swedish, not Finnish)
   • 1960, Väinö Linna, Täällä Pohjantähden alla 2, WSOY, published 1980, →ISBN, page 14:

     Johannes Vilhelmin pojanpojasta oli tehty Vilho Johannes, ja pienokainen nukkui rauhallisena puheensorinan ja tupakansavun täyttämän tuvan nurkassa olevassa kehdossaan.

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• Vilhelmi, Vilho, Viljami, Ville

Vilhelm

1. a male given name, equivalent to English William

• variants: William, Willy
• feminine forms: Mina

• Wilhelm

Of Germanic origin, cognate with German Wilhelm and English William. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in the 12th century.

Vilhelm c (genitive Vilhelms)

1. a male given name

• (male given names) Bill, Billy,Villy,Willy, William
• (feminine forms) Mimmi, Vilhelmina, Wilhelmina, Vilma, Wilma
• (surnames) Vilhelmsson, Wilhelmsson

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 23 532 males with the given name vilhelm (compared to 21 343 named Wilhelm) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.