Guglielmo

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Guglielmo

Say it: goo-LYEL-moh

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Meaning

From Germanic Willahelm, from wil 'will, desire' and helm 'helmet, protection'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Protective

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

  1. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
  2. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914

Used by

Italian

The family of the name

EnglishWilliam
FrenchGuillaume
GermanWilhelm

Famous bearers

  • Guglielmo Marconi, radio pioneer

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Where this comes from

  • Royal and noble genealogies
  • Parish baptism registers

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