Wilhelm

VIL-helm

German variation of William

"resolute protection"

Wilhelm Origin and Meaning

The name Wilhelm is a boy's name of German origin meaning "resolute protection".

This dignified German form of William belonged to two German Emperors and Kings of Prussia, as well as a host of other important historical figures. These include composer (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner, philosophers Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, and physicist Wilhelm Roentgen, who discovered the X-ray. It now sounds rather dated in Germany, however, having dropped out of the Top 20 there in the late 1920s and continuing to decline since.

Wilhelm Rank in US Top 1000

# 930 in the US

Wilhelm Popularity

• 1148 Nameberry 2024
• 219 Germany 2016
• 78 Sweden 2022

20 Names Similar to Wilhelm

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Famous People Named Wilhelm

• Wilhelm I (Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig) German emperor
• Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Preußen) German emperor
• Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt German physician; founder of modern psychology
• Wilhelm Marr German radical, nationalist and race,agitator
• Wilhelm Roentgen German Nobel Prize winner, discoverer of X,rays
• Wilhelm Heinrich Erb German Neurologist
• Wilhelm Furtwängler German conductor and composer
• Wilhelm Grimm German anthropologist
• Wilhelm Keitel German Field Marshal
• Wilhelm List German Field Marshal
• Wilhelm Reich Austrian,American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
• Wilhelm Wien German Nobel Prize Winner
• William Charles John Pitcher or C. Wilhelm British costume designer
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel German philosopher
• Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche German philosopher
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz German mathematician and philosopher
• Wilhelm von Humboldt German philosopher and diplomat
• Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling German philosopher
• Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio American actor

Wilhelm in Pop Culture

• Wilhelm Stuckart character in movie "Conspiracy"
• Wilhelm Klink colonel on TV's "Hogan's Heroes"
• Wilhelm character in Xenosaga video games
• Wilhelm servant in manga "Ludwig Kakumei"
• Wilhelm Wicki character in movie "Inglorious Basterds"
• Wilhelm character in the Borderlands video games
• Wilhelm king in animated movie "Barbie as Rapunzel"
• Reinhardt Wilhelm character in Overwatch