Wilhelm

Wilhelm
	Kaiser Wilhelm II
Pronunciation	/ˈwɪlhɛlm, ˈvɪl-/; German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm]
Gender	Masculine
Language	Germanic languages
Origin
Word/name	wille + helm (protection)
Meaning	Vehement protector
Region of origin	Germany
Other names
Related names	Guglielmo, Guilherme, Guillaume, Guillem, Guillermo, Vilhelm, Vilhelms, Vilho, Villem, Willem, William

Wilhelm is a German given name and a cognate of the English name William. The feminine form is Wilhelmine.

People with the given name

Wilhelm I, (1797–1888), King of Prussia and German Emperor
Wilhelm II (1859–1941), grandson of the former, King of Prussia and German Emperor
Prince Wilhelm (disambiguation)
Wilhelm Aarek (1907–1999), Norwegian philologist and educationalist
Wilhelm Aarstad (1854–1933), Norwegian politician
Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken (1813–1843), German archaeologist
Wilhelm Abel (1904–1985), German economist
Wilhelm Abeln (1894–1969), German politician
Wilhelm Achtermann (1799–1884), German sculptor
Wilhelm Ackermann (1896–1962), German mathematician
Wilhelm Heinrich Ackermann (1789–1848), German teacher
Wilhelm Adam (1893–1978), German military officer and politician
Wilhelm Adam (general) (1877–1949), German general
Wilhelm Adolf, German luger
Wilhelm Adolph (1729–1781), German composer
Wilhelm Agrell (born 1950), Swedish writer and historian
Wilhelm Ahlwardt (1828–1909), German orientalist
Wilhelm Ahrens (1872–1927), German officer and Knight's Cross recipient
Wilhelm Albermann (1835–1913), German sculptor
Wilhelm Albers (1840–1904), American politician
Wilhelm von Apell (1892–1969), German general
Wilhelm Arndt (1838–1895), German historian
Wilhelm Aschwanden (born 1969), Swiss cross-country skier
Wilhelm Herman Barth (1813–1896), Danish musician, composer, and music theorist
Wilhelm Baum (historian) (born 1948), Austrian historian, theologian and philosopher
Wilhelm Baum (surgeon) (1799–1883), German surgeon
Wilhelm Baumann (handballer) (1912-1990), German handball player
Wilhelm Baumann (politician) (1925–2015), German politician
Wilhelm Boger (1906–1977), German concentration camp overseer
Wilhelm Bohnstedt (1888–1947), German general
Wilhelm Bungert (born 1939), German tennis player
Wilhelm Amsinck Burchard-Motz (1878–1963), German lawyer and national-liberal politician
Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895–1945), German army general
Wilhelm Carpelan (1778–1829), Swedish baron and official
Wilhelm Maximilian Carpelan (1787–1830), Finnish-Swedish surveyor and cartographer
Wilhelm Carstens (1869–1941), German rower
Wilhelm Cauer (1900–1945), German mathematician and scientist
Wilhelm Cerny (born 1955), Austrian footballer
Wilhelm von Christ (1831–1906), German classical scholar
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie (1778–1849), Norwegian politician
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie (1885–1956) (1885–1956), Norwegian Nazi collaborator
Wilhelm Christopher Christophersen (1832–1913), Norwegian diplomat
Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853–1940), German architect and archaeologist
Wilhelm Dörr (1881–1955), German track and field athlete
Wilhelm Dörr (Nazi) (1921–1945), German SS soldier and concentration camp guard
Wilhelm Dreesen (1840–1926), German-Danish photographer
Wilhelm Erben (1864–1933), Austrian historian
Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (1809–1848), German entomologist and doctor
Wilhelm Ernst (1905–1952), German chess player
Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege (1777–1855), German geologist, geographer
Wilhelm Eschweiler (1860–1936), German chemist
Wilhelm von Essen (1879–1972), Swedish equestrian
Wilhelm Esser (1798–1854), German philosopher and classical philologist
Wilhelm von Essern (1565–1616), Prince-Bishop of Worms
Wilhelm Fabry (1560–1634), German surgeon
Wilhelm Facklam (1893–1972), German painter
Wilhelm Hansen Færden (1852–1923), Norwegian military officer and politician
Wilhelm Fahlbusch (1892–1916), German flying ace
Wilhelm Fahlbusch (Flak officer) (1914–2006), German general and Knight's Cross recipient
Wilhelm Fahrmbacher (1888–1970), German WWII General
Wilhelm von Finck (1848–1924), German entrepreneur and banker
Wilhelm Fischer (boxer) (born 1972), German boxer
Wilhelm Fischer (musicologist) (1886–1962), Austrian musicologist
Wilhelm Fischer (politician) (1904–1951), German politician
Wilhelm Siegmund Frei (1885–1943), German dermatologist
Wilhelm Freund (1806–1894), German philologist
Wilhelm Alexander Freund (1833–1917), German gynecologist
Wilhelm Salomon Freund (1831–1915), German lawyer and politician
Wilhelm Friberg (1865–1932), Swedish football manager
Wilhelm Frick (1877–1946), German Nazi Party politician
Wilhelm Frickart (born 1893), German World War I flying ace
Wilhelm L. Friedell (1883–1958), American submarine commander
Wilhelm Fröhner (1834–1925), French art historian
Wilhelm Frölich (c. 1492 – 1562), Swiss military commander
Wilhelm Fuchs (1898–1947), German SS officer
Wilhelm Fuhrmann (1833–1904), German mathematician
Wilhelm Heinrich Funk (1866–1949), German-American painter
Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg (1629–1704), German count, prince and clergyman
Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954), German conductor and composer
Wilhelm Füssli (1830–1916), Swiss portrait artist
Wilhelm Germann (1840–1902), German Protestant theologian and missionary
Wilhelm Gerstenmeier (1908–1944), German member of the SS
Wilhelm Gesenius (1786–1842), German orientalist and theologian
Wilhelm Gideon (1898–1977), German Schutzstaffel officer
Wilhelm Gnapheus (1493–1568), Dutch-born Protestant religious figure
Wilhelm Göcke (1898–1944), German Nazi concentration camp commandant
Wilhelm Grillo (1819–1889), German industrialist
Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), German author
Wilhelm Grimm (politician) (1889–1944), German Nazi official and alleged 20 July plotter
Wilhelm Grimmelmann (1893–1958), Danish gymnast
Wilhelm Christian Benecke von Gröditzberg (1779–1860), German banker and merchant
Wilhelm von Hanno (1826–1882), German-born Norwegian architect
Wilhelm Hansen (art collector) (1868–1936), Danish businessman and art collector
Wilhelm Hansen (footballer) (1895-1974), Norwegian footballer
Wilhelm Hansen (politician) (1776–1851), Norwegian politician
Wilhelm Hansen (rower) (1884–1931), Norwegian rower
Wilhelm Hester (1872–1947), American photographer
Wilhelm Hetling (1740–1798), Baltic German politician
Wilhelm Heuer (1813–1890), German lithographer
Wilhelm Höffert (1832–1901), German photographer
Wilhelm Hofmeister (1824–1877), German biologist and botanist
Wilhelm Hofmeister (automobile designer) (1912–1978), German automobile designer
Wilhelm von Homburg (1940–2004), German boxer and actor
Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835), Prussian philosopher
Wilhelm Ihne (1821–1902), German historian
Wilhelm Imkamp (born 1951), German Catholic prelate and theologian
Wilhelm Ingves (born 1990), Finnish footballer
Wilhelm Iwan (1871–1958), German historian
Wilhelm Jacoby (1855–1925), German playwright
Wilhelm Jahn (1835–1900), Austrian conductor
Wilhelm Jahn (SA general) (1891–1952), German Nazi SA general
Wilhelm Jakobs (1858–1942), German railway engineer
Wilhelm Jannasch (1888–1966), German Protestant theologian and clergyman
Wilhelm Jelinek (born 1994), Austrian handball player
Wilhelm Jensen (1837–1911), German writer
Wilhelm Jerusalem (1854–1923), Austrian-Jewish philosopher
Wilhelm Jobst (1912–1947), German physician and convicted war criminal
Wilhelm Joest (1852–1897), German ethnographer
Wilhelm Johannsen (1857–1927), Danish botanist and geneticist
Wilhelm John (1877–1934), Austrian general, museum director and military historian
Wilhelm Johnen (1921–2002), German World War II fighter pilot
Wilhelm Jordaens (died 1372), Augustinian canon of Groenendael Priory
Wilhelm Jordan (geodesist) (1842–1899), German geodesist
Wilhelm Junghans (1834–1865), German historian
Wilhelm Junk (1866–1942), Czech antiquarian bookseller and entomologist
Wilhelm Junker (1840–1892), Russian explorer in Africa
Wilhelm Jürgensen (1762–1842), Norwegian military officer
Wilhelm Keitel (1882–1946), German field marshal and war criminal
Wilhelm Kempf (born 1947), Austrian psychologist
Wilhelm Kempf (bishop) (1906–1982), German Catholic theologian and bishop
Wilhelm Koppers (1886–1961), Austrian Catholic priest and cultural anthropologist
Wilhelm Körner (1839–1925), German chemist
Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev Körner (1878–1938), American illustrator
Wilhelm Frimann Krog (1767–1825), Norwegian civil servant and politician
Wilhelm Kroll (1869–1939), German classicist
Wilhelm von Krosigk (1871–1953), German Naval commander
Wilhelm Traugott Krug (1770–1842), German philosopher and writer
Wilhelm Kühne (1837–1900), German physiologist
Wilhelm Kühne (aviator) (1888–1918), German flying ace
Wilhelm Kunst (actor) (1799–1859), German actor
Wilhelm Kunst (sculptor) (1909–1986), German sculptor
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876–1956), German field marshal
Wilhelm Legler (1875–1951), Austrian painter
Wilhelm Lehmann (1882–1968), German teacher and writer
Wilhelm Lippa (1923–1970), Austrian diver
Wilhelm List (1880–1971), German field marshal
Wilhelm Litten (1880–1932), German diplomat, writer
Wilhelm Ljunggren (1905–1973), Norwegian mathematician
Wilhelm Loeper (footballer) (born 1998), Swedish footballer
Wilhelm Loewe (1814–1886), German politician
Wilhelm Loewenthal (1850–1894), German-French physician
Wilhelm Löffler (fencer) (born 1886), German fencer
Wilhelm Löffler (medical doctor) (1887–1972), Swiss physician
Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann (1796–1840), Saxon cartographer, astronomer, and meteorologist
Wilhelm Maybach (1846–1929), German engine designer and industrialist
Wilhelm Mayer-Gross (1889–1961), German-British professor and psychiatrist
Wilhelm Mayer (composer) (1831–1898), Austrian composer
Wilhelm Mayer (fighter pilot) (1917–1945), German military aviator
Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken (1897–1985), German Kriegsmarine vice admiral
Wilhelm Ralph Merton (1848–1916), German businessman
Wilhelm Meyer-Förster (1862–1934), German novelist and playwright
Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861–1936), Swiss linguist
Wilhelm Meyer (engraver) (1844–1944), Swedish artist and xylographer
Wilhelm Meyer (philologist) (1845-1917), German classical scholar
Wilhelm Meyer (physician) (1824–1895), Danish physician
Wilhelm Franz Meyer (1856–1934), German mathematician
Wilhelm Mohnke (1911–2001), German SS commander
Wilhelm Mohr (aviator) (1917–2016), Norwegian aviator and officer
Wilhelm Mohr (journalist) (1838–1888), German journalist and author
Wilhelm Mohr (politician) (1886–1978), Norwegian politician
Wilhelm Molitor (1819–1880), German poet, priest, and jurist
Wilhelm Mülhens (1762-1841), German perfumer
Wilhelm Müller-Hofmann (1885–1948), Austrian painter
Wilhelm Müller-Wismar (1881–1916), German ethnographer
Wilhelm Müller (1794–1827), German poet
Wilhelm Müller (handballer) (1909-1984), German handball player
Wilhelm Müller (physicist) (1880–1968), German mathematician and physicist
Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller (1812–1890), German philologist
Wilhelm Nicolaysen (1869–1944), Norwegian barrister and businessperson
Wilhelm Nielsen (Norwegian footballer) (1901-1960), Norwegian footballer
Wilhelm Nielsen (politician) (1816–1889), Norwegian politician
Wilhelm Nienstädt (1784–1862), Prussian playwright
Wilhelm Niklas (1887–1957), German politician
Wilhelm Theodor Nocken (1830–1905), German landscape painter
Wilhelm August von der Osten (1697–1764), Danish civil servant
Wilhelm Ostwald (1853–1932), German chemist and philosopher
Wilhelm Ott (1886–1969), German mayor
Wilhelm Oxenius (1912–1979), German Wehrmacht officer during WW II
Wilhelm Peters (1815–1883), German naturalist and explorer
Wilhelm Peters (painter) (1851–1935), Norwegian painter
Wilhelm Petersen (composer) (1890–1957), German composer and conductor
Wilhelm Petersen (entomologist) (1854–1933), Estonian entomologist
Wilhelm Petersén (ice hockey) (1906–1988), Swedish ice hockey and bandy player
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867–1942), Swedish composer and music critic
Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957), Austrian psychoanalyst
Wilhelm Reichert (b. 1896. d. unknown), German rower
Wilhelm Rein (1847–1929), German educational theorist
Wilhelm Rein (cricketer) (1911–1994), South African cricketer
Wilhelm Reinhard (pilot) (1891–1918), German pilot during World War I
Wilhelm Reinhard (SS officer) (1869–1955), German general and Nazi
Wilhelm Friedrich Riem (1779–1857), German composer and conductor
Wilhelm Rietschel (1911–1941), German sculptor
Wilhelm Rietze (1903–1944), German communist and resistance fighter against Nazism
Wilhelm Rønning (1895–1983), Norwegian footballer
Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923), German physicist
Wilhelm Roos (1858–1944), Finnish politician
Wilhelm Röpke (1899–1966), German economist
Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild (1828–1901), German banker
Wilhelm Röttger (1894–1946), German executioner
Wilhelm Roux (1850–1924), German zoologist
Wilhelm le Roux (born 1939), South African politician
Wilhelm Ruhland (1878–1960), German botanist
Wilhelm von Rümann (1850–1906), German sculptor
Wilhelm Runge (1895–1987), German electrical engineer and physicist
Wilhelm Ruppert (1905–1946), German SS officer
Wilhelm Rust (1822–1892), German musicologist and composer
Wilhelm Karl Rust (1787–1855), German pianist
Wilhelm Rüstow (1821–1878), Prussian-born Swiss soldier and military writer
Wilhelm Schäfer (1868–1952), German writer
Wilhelm Schäfer (SS) (1911–1961), German SS war criminal
Wilhelm Schaffrath (1814–1893), German jurist and politician
Wilhelm Schallmayer (1857–1919), German physician
Wilhelm Schauman (1857–1911), Finnish businessman
Wilhelm Schauman (golfer) (born 1979), Swedish professional golfer
Wilhelm Schirmer (1802–1866), German landscape painter
Wilhelm Schitli (1912–2000), German SS officer
Wilhelm Schlag (born 1969), Austrian American mathematician
Wilhelm Tranow (born 1891), German cryptanalyst
Wilhelm Trapp (1889–1948), Nazi war criminal
Wilhelm Traub (1910–1946), German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer
Wilhelm Traube (1866–1942), German chemist
Wilhelm von Urach (1897–1957), German mechanical engineer
Wilhelm von Urenbach, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
Wilhelm Utermann (1912–1991), German writer and film producer
Wilhelm Vigier (1823–1886), Swiss politician
Wilhelm Vischer (1895–1988), Swiss theologian
Wilhelm Vischer (botanist) (1890–1960), Swiss botanist
Wilhelm Vöge (1868-1952), German art historian
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer
Wilhelm Wattenbach (1819–1897), German paleographer
Wilhelm Weber (gymnast) (1880–1963), German gymnast
Wilhelm Weber (SS officer) (1918–1980), German officer and Knight's Cross recipient
Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804–1891), German physicist
Wilhelm Weismann (1900–1980), German composer and musicologist
Wilhelm Weiss (1892–1950), German journalist and Nazi propagandist
Wilhelm Weiss (mathematician) (1859–1904), Austro-Hungarian mathematician
Wilhelm Weistand (born 1945), Polish hurdler
Wilhelm Weith (1846–1881), German-Swiss chemist
Wilhelm Weitling (1808–1871), German tailor, inventor, and political activist
Wilhelm Wiegand (1851–1915), German archivist and historian
Wilhelm Wien (1864–1928), German physicist
Wilhelm Friedrich Wieprecht (1802–1872), German conductor
Wilhelm Wiesberg (1850–1896), Austrian writer and folksinger
Wilhelm Eduard Wilda (1800–1856), German jurist
Wilhelm Wilhelmsen (1839–1910), Norwegian shipping magnate
Wilhelm Wilhelmsen (ship owner, b. 1872), Norwegian ship owner and yacht racer
Wilhelm Willinger (1879–1943), Austro-Hungarian photographer
Wilhelm Worringer (1881–1965), German art historian
Wilhelm Woutersz (1939–2003), Sri Lankan diplomat and civil servant
Wilhelm von Wrangell (1894–1976), Estonian politician
Wilhelm von Wright (1810–1887), Finnish painter
Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920), German founder of psychology
Wilhelm Würfel (1790–1832), Czech conductor, composer and pianist
Wilhelm Xylander (1532–1576), German humanist and classical scholar
Wilhelm Zahn (1910–1976), German navy officer
Wilhelm Johann Karl Zahn (1800–1871), German artist
Wilhelm Zaisser (1893–1958), German politician
Wilhelm Zander (1911–1974), German SS officer
Wilhelm Zangen (1891–1971), German industrialist and supporter of the Nazi Party
Wilhelm Zenger (1877–1911), German figure skater
Wilhelm Ziehr (born 1938), German writer
Wilhelm Zimmermann (1807–1878), German theologian and historian
Wilhelm Zoepf (1908–1980), SS Sturmbannführer and figure in the Holocaust

Fictional characters with the given name

Wilhelm van Astrea, a character in the light novel series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
Wilhelm (Xenosaga), a character in Xenosaga video games
Wilhelm Ryan, Supreme Trimage in The Amory Wars

People with the surname

Anette Wilhelm (born 1972), Swedish wheelchair curler
Bill Wilhelm (1929–2010), American college baseball coach
Bruce Wilhelm (born 1945), American weightlifter
Carl Wilhelm (1885–1936), German film director
C. Wilhelm (1858–1925), British costume designer
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), multiple people
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), multiple people
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

Fictional characters with the surname

Mr. Wilhelm, a recurring minor character in Seinfeld
Reinhardt (Overwatch), a tank hero in the 2016 video game Overwatch

References

↑ "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.

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[1] "Definition of 'Wilhelm'". Collins English Dictionary.

[Hanks_Hardcastle_Hodges_2006-2] 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.