Willem

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Willem is a Dutch and West Frisian masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, Guillaume in French, Guilherme in Portuguese, Guillermo in Spanish and Wilhelm in German.

From Wikipedia

Willem first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2013 with 44 babies (rank #615 that year). In 2024 it was given to 19 boys (rank #1,277). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Willem

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Willem yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

894
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
44
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199111#1,114
199211#1,133
199315#939
199410#1,167
199511#1,247
199618#874
199718#856
199822#747
199931#607
200020#814
200119#871
200227#695
200339#550
200431#664
200540#573
200629#730
200732#721
200829#791
200935#713
201030#804
201133#730
201227#865
201344#615
201430#811
201537#701
201634#765
201734#752
201827#899
201924#978
202025#959
202126#962
202229#883
202327#923
202419#1,277