William is a masculine given name of French origin. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will , Wills , Willy , Willie , Liam , Bill , and Billy . A common Irish form is Liam . Scottish diminutives include Wull , Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play Douglas ). Female forms are Willa , Willemina , Wilma and Wilhelmina .
12-1240: Wilkins or Wilkin is a name variant of William , and may refer to: People [ edit ] Given name: Wilkin [ edit ] Wilkin Castillo (born 1984), Dominican baseball catcher Wilkin Mota (born 1981), Indian cricketer Wilkin Ramírez (born 1985), Dominican baseball outfielder Wilkin Ruan (born 1978), Dominican baseball outfielder Given name: Wilkins [ edit ] Wilkins (singer) (Germán Wilkins Vélez Ramírez, born 1953), Puerto Rican pop music singer and composer Wilkins P. Horton (1889–1950), American lawyer, lieutenant governor of North Carolina 1937–1941 Wilkins Micawber , character in Charles Dickens's novel David Copperfield Wilkins F. Tannehill (1787–1858), American politician and author Surname [ edit ] Wilkin (surname) Wilkins (surname) Places and geographical features [ edit ] Edness K. Wilkins State Park ,
24-574: A compound of * wiljô "will, wish, desire" and * helmaz "helm, helmet". By regular sound change, Proto-Germanic * Wiljahelmaz should have also descended into English as * Wilhelm , but this latter form is unattested in written English of any period; the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle refers to William the Conqueror as Willelm , a back-formation from the Medieval Latin variant. The form William
36-583: A series of lectures led by the Royal Society of London Wilkin & Sons , an English manufacturer of preserves and associated products Wilkins Coffee, a Washington DC–based coffee company, best known for its commercials starring the Muppet characters Wilkins and Wontkins . See also [ edit ] Wilken Wilkens Wilkins House (disambiguation) Justice Wilkin (disambiguation) Justice Wilkins (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
48-926: A small mountain in Wyoming Wilkins Sound , an island sound off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula Wilkins Strait (Canada) , a waterway in northern Canada Wilkins Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Structures [ edit ] Glover Wilkins Lock , a lock in Mississippi Roy Wilkins Auditorium , an arena in Minnesota Wilkins Mill Covered Bridge , an American historic bridge Wilkins Public School , an Australian school Wilkins Runway , an aerodrome in Antarctica Business [ edit ] Wilkins Lecture ,
60-870: A state park in Wyoming Fort Wilkins Historic State Park , a historical location in Michigan Wilkins Coast , a portion of the eastern coast of Antarctica Wilkin County, Minnesota Wilkins (crater) , a crater on the Moon Wilkins Gulch , a valley in California Wilkins Ice Shelf , an ice shelf located in Wilkins Sound Wilkins Island , an Island in Antarctica Wilkins Peak ,
72-628: Is a back-borrowing from Old Norman Williame , a specifically northern Norman reflex of Medieval Latin Willelmus (compare the Central French cognate Guillaume ). The development of the name's northern Norman form can be traced in the different versions of the name appearing in Wace 's Roman de Rou . The first well-known bearer of the name was Charlemagne 's cousin William of Gellone (755–812). This William
84-498: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William (name) William is related to the German given name Wilhelm . Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz , with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name Vilhjalmr and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin Willelmus . The Proto-Germanic name is
96-671: Is immortalized in the Chanson de Guillaume , and the esteem in which he was held may account for the name's subsequent popularity among European nobility. The English "William" is taken from the Anglo-Norman language and was transmitted to England after the Norman conquest in the 11th century, and soon became the most popular name in England , along with other Norman names such as Robert (the English cognate
108-724: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court See also [ edit ] Judge Wilkins (disambiguation) Justice Wilkin (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Justice Wilkins . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Justice_Wilkins&oldid=1224389284 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Title and name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
120-671: The 💕 (Redirected from Justice Wilkins (disambiguation) ) Justice Wilkins may refer to: D. Frank Wilkins (1924–2006), associate justice of the Utah Supreme Court Herbert P. Wilkins (born 1930), chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Michael J. Wilkins (born 1948), associate justice of the Utah Supreme Court Raymond Sanger Wilkins (1891–1971), associate justice of
132-505: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wilkins . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilkins&oldid=1252781130 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732848499767144-529: Was Hrēodbeorht , which by regular sound changes would have developed into something along the lines of "Reedbart" ) , Richard , Roger (the English cognate was Hroðgar ), Henry (all of Germanic origin and may have been transmitted through the Normans' use of Old French ). The name Wilkin/Wilkins is also of medieval origin, taken from the shortened version of William (Will) with the suffix "kin" added. Justice Wilkins (disambiguation) From Misplaced Pages,
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