What does Wilhelm mean?

Wilhelm means "will, desire; helmet"

How do we pronounce Wilhelm?

Wilhelm \wi-(l)hel(m), wil-he-lm\ is a boy's name. It consists of 7 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Wilhelm is pronounced in German as VIHLHHehLM or in Polish as VIYLK-ehLM 1.

1 Pronunciation for Wilhelm: V as in "vow (V.AW)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"

What is the origin of Wilhelm?

Wilhelm is used mostly in the German and Scandinavian languages, and it is of Germanic origin. Wilhelm is a derivative of the English and French name baby name William. Variants of Wilhelm comprise the Frisian and German pet form baby name Wilko and the English and German pet form Willi meaning of name.

The following famous people share the name Wilhelm:

  • Composer Richard Wagner, born Wilhelm Richard Wagner, 22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883, Leipzig, Germany
  • Fabulist Wilhelm Grimm, born Wilhelm Carl Grimm, 24 February 1786 - 16 December 1859, Hanau, Germany.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Wilhelm:

the English name Valen meaning, the name name Vallen origin, the English and French Valmont name popularity, the Albanian Valon meaning of name, the name Valyn pronounciation, the Slavic Velin pronounciation, the Czech short names for Vilem, the Czech Vilém meaning, the Scandinavian and Slavic short names for Vilhelm, the name short names for Vollnee, the name Vollney meaning and origin, the name Vollni meaning and origin, the name baby name Vollnie, the name Vollny pronounciation, the name Volnee meaning and origin, the name Volney pronounciation, the name meaning of Volni, the name meaning of Volnie, the name Volny name popularity, and the Indian Valin meaning of name.

The baby name Wilhelm fun facts:

The name Wilhelm in reverse order is "Mlehliw".

The numerological value of the name Wilhelm is number 1, which means initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual.

How popular is Wilhelm?

Wilhelm is not in the top boy names in USA.