Home > Williamson

Williamson

What does Williamson mean?

Williamson Pronunciation of Williamson as a name for boys has its root in Old German, and the name Williamson means "determined protector". Williamson is a variant form of William (Old German): from wil meaning "will".

STARTS WITH Wil-

ASSOCIATED WITH determined (faithful), protector (defender)

Variations

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA WILLIAM Wilkinson, Williams, Willson

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Williamson Leroy (W.L.), ..

How popular is Williamson?

Williamson is an uncommon first name for males but a very popular last name for all people (#245 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Which version is better?

Popular related forms of Williamson (UNLISTED) ranked in the Top 2000 are William (#3 LAST YEAR) and Williams. Other forms, like Willson, are uncommon. Adoption of these relations of Williamson was common among parents a century ago (AVERAGE #303) and is now significantly less (#1001, 89.6% LESS USAGE), with the version William falling out of fashion. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of William, Williams in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of William outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Adamson, Addamson, Alanson, Albinson, Alison, Alisson, Allison, Allson, Allyson, Cillian, Dickinson, Dillon, Elison, Elisson, Ellington, Ellison, Ellson, Ellyson, Esiason, Esiasson, Gellion, Gilleon, Gillian, Gillion, Gillon, Gillson, Gilson, Hilarion, Jimson, Killian, Millton, Neillson (see Nelson), Nilson, Nilsson, Philipson, Rawlinson, Samson, Silvaon, Tamson, Tomlinson, Wallas, Wallis, Watson, Welldon, Wellington, Wilkins, Willard, Willem, Willes, Willess, Willets, Willfredo, Willi, Willie, Willis, Williss, Williston, Willkes, Willkins (see Wilkinson), Willkinson (see Wilkinson), Willmar (see Wilmer), Willmer, Wills, Wilmot, Wilson and Wilton. These names tend to be more commonly used than Williamson.

See names
in meaning and etymology.


[Top]