Wilhelm is a German given name, and a cognate of the English name William. The feminine form is Wilhelmine.[2]
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| Pronunciation | /ˈwɪlhɛlm, ˈvɪl-/;[1] German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm] |
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| Gender | Masculine |
| Language(s) | Germanic languages |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | wille + helm (protection) |
| Meaning | Vehement protector |
| Region of origin | Germany |
| Other names | |
| Related names | William, Guillaume, Willem, Vilhelm, Villem, Vilhelms, Guglielmo, Guilherme, Guillem, Guillermo |
People with the given name
edit- Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1797–1888), King of Prussia and German Emperor
- Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859–1941), grandson of the former, King of Prussia and German Emperor
- Prince Wilhelm (disambiguation)
- Wilhelm Boger (1906–1977), German police officer and one of the SS staff at Auschwitz concentration camp
- Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895–1945), Germany Army commander and staff officer during World War II
- Wilhelm Dörr (Nazi) (1921–1945), German SS and concentration camp officer executed for war crimes
- Wilhelm Enckell (born 1990), Finnish actor
- Wilhelm Frick (1877–1946), German Nazi politician, executed for war crimes
- Wilhelm Frimann Krog (1767–1825), Norwegian civil servant and politician
- Wilhelm Fuchs (1898–1947), German Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator executed for war crimes
- Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954), German conductor and composer, leader of the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- Wilhelm Gerstenmeier (1908–1944), German SS concentration camp officer executed for war crimes
- Wilhelm Gideon (1898–1977), German Nazi SS commandant of the concentration camp Gross-Rosen
- Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), German anthropologist
- Wilhelm Göcke (1898–1944), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
- Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (1840–1921), German neurologist
- Wilhelm Hetling (1740–1798), Baltic-German politician and the first mayor of Reval (modern-day Tallinn)
- Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835), Prussian philosopher and diplomat
- Wilhelm Imkamp (born 1951), German Catholic prelate
- Wilhelm Keitel (1882–1946), German Nazi field marshal, executed for war crimes
- Wilhelm Legler (1875–1951), Austrian painter
- Wilhelm List (1880–1971), German field marshal
- Wilhelm Niklas (1887–1957), German academic and politician
- Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957), Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
- Wilhelm Rietschel (1911–1941), German sculptor
- Wilhelm Ruppert (1905–1946), SS trooper in charge of executions at Dachau concentration camp executed for war crimes
- Wilhelm Schitli (1912–1945 (missing)), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
- Wilhelm Trapp (1889–1948), German Nazi policeman, executed for war crimes
- Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor
- Wilhelm Weitling (1808–1871), early German communist or socialist
- Wilhelm Wien (1864–1928), Nobel Prize Winner in 1911 and scientist who created Wien's Displacement Law
- Wilhelm Woutersz (1939–2003), Sri Lankan Burgher diplomat
- Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920), German doctor and psychologist
Fictional characters with the given name
edit- Colonel Wilhelm Klink in Hogan's Heroes
- Wilhelm van Astrea, a character in the light novel series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
- Noiz (Wilhelm), a character from the Japanese visual novel, DRAMAtical Murder
- Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse, Nazi general from the Wolfenstein series
- Wilhelm, a character in Xenosaga video games
- Wilhelm Ryan, Supreme Trimage in The Amory Wars
- Wilhelm Wicki, a character in the 2009 film, Inglourious Basterds
- Wilhelm Winter, an officer in Generation War.
- Wilhelm, a cyborg from the Borderlands series
- Wilhelm, servant in the manga Ludwig Kakumei
- Wilhelm, crown prince of Sweden, Young Royals
People with the surname
edit- Anette Wilhelm (born 1972), Swedish wheelchair curler
- Bill Wilhelm (1929–2010), American college baseball coach
- Bruce Wilhelm (born 1945), American former weightlifter strongman, twice winner of the World's Strongest Man competition, in 1977 and 1978
- Carl Wilhelm (1885–1936), German film director, film producer and screenwriter of the silent film era
- Eugène Wilhelm (1866–1951), French lawyer and sexologist
- George Wilhelm (1829–1920), American Medal of Honor recipient
- George W. Wilhelm (1847–1902), American politician from Ohio
- Hellmut Wilhelm (1905–1990), German Sinologist
- Hoyt Wilhelm (1923–2002), American major league baseball pitcher
- Karl Wilhelm (disambiguation)
- Kate Wilhelm (1928–2018), American writer
- Kati Wilhelm (born 1976), German biathlete
- Manuel Wilhelm, German rugby union player
- Mary Jo Wilhelm, American politician
- Matthew Wilhelm, American politician
- Richard Wilhelm (disambiguation)
- Stephen Wilhelm (1919–2002), American phytopathologist
- Thomas Wilhelm (born 1971), Swedish curler and curling coach
- Warren Wilhelm, birth name of Bill de Blasio (born 1961), American politician and former mayor of New York
- William Charles John Pitcher (1858–1925), British costume designer of the Victorian era and Edwardian period
Fictional characters with the surname
edit- Mr. Wilhelm, a recurring minor character in Seinfeld
- Reinhardt Wilhelm, a tank hero in Overwatch
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Definition of 'Wilhelm'". Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford University Press. p. 477. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 15 January 2021.