Guillermo

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Boy · Germanic

Guillermo

Say it: gee-YEHR-moh

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Meaning

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

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 1990s

In the United States

30,688 babies given this name since 1885
At its height in 1996, about 1 in 2,700 boys
270 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Mexican Central American Andean Argentine Caribbean Spanish

The family of the name

Other spellings: Memo

Portuguese	Guilherme
Italian	Guglielmo

Famous bearers

Guillermo del Toro, Mexican film director

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Where this comes from

National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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