Where did the name William orginate? What was the orginal language? and ho was it spelled?
2007-01-01 14:34:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
The boy's name William is pronounced WIL-yum. It is of Old German origin, and its meaning is "determined protector". For a long time after the Norman conquest in AD 1066, three out of four English boys were given some form of the conqueror's name, William. Short forms and variants came into being with a common basic meaning of "will", "determined", or "resolute". William has remained a royal name in the UK for nearly one thousand years
2007-01-01 14:42:00 · answer #1 · answered by The Answer Man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to my baby name book William is English "a form of Wilhelm" and under Wilhelm it says German "determined guardian" so I would say origin is German, spelled Wilhelm.
2007-01-01 18:44:08 · answer #2 · answered by elk571 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we always said it was Will Ya? like when someone says come on will ya? cause when my dad came to this country he thought they were saying William. We always smile when we hear the phrase because it reminds us of dad. come on william in his thick accented english.
2007-01-01 14:42:15 · answer #3 · answered by worldstiti 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋