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Girl · Germanic, through Old French
Guillemette
Say it: gee-yuh-MET
Meaning
Feminine diminutive of Guillaume, from Germanic wil 'will, desire' and helm 'helmet, protection'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A common townswoman's name in late medieval Paris that has vanished since.
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
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Willemette
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Where this comes from
- The Paris tax rolls of the 1290s
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