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Guillermo (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʎeɾmo]) is the Spanish form of the male given name William. The name is also commonly shortened to 'Joe' or, in Latin America, to nickname 'Memo'. The name is also commonly shortened to 'Joe' or, in Latin America, to nickname 'Memo'.
Guglielmo (pronounced [ɡuʎˈʎɛlmo]) is the Italian form of the masculine name William. It may refer to: People with the given name Guglielmo: Guglielmo I Gonzaga (1538–1587), Duke of Mantua and Montferrat; Guglielmo Agnelli (c. 1238 – 1313), Italian sculptor and architect; Guglielmo Bergamesco (16th century), Italian architect
Related names Guillaume (surname) , William Guillaume is the French equivalent of William , which is of old Germanic origin from wille + helm (resolute protector). [ 1 ]
William is related to the German given name Wilhelm. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz, with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name Vilhjalmr and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin Willelmus. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *wiljô "will, wish, desire" and *helmaz "helm, helmet". [3]
Max Frisch's "William Tell for Schools" (1971) deconstructs the legend by reversing the characters of the protagonists: Gessler is a well-meaning and patient administrator who is faced with the barbarism of a back-corner of the empire, while Tell is an irascible simpleton. [25] Tell still remains a popular figure in Swiss culture.
Spanish naming customs include the orthographic option of conjoining the surnames with the conjunction particle y, or e before a name starting with 'I', 'Hi' or 'Y', (both meaning "and") (e.g., José Ortega y Gasset, Tomás Portillo y Blanco, or Eduardo Dato e Iradier), following an antiquated aristocratic usage.
The inability to keep your kids’ or pets’ names straight doesn’t mean you can’t tell them apart, and despite what Freud might have said, there’s no subconscious meaning behind it.
Meaning: Vehement protector: Region of origin: ... Vilhelms, Guglielmo, Guilherme, Guillem, Guillermo: Wilhelm is a German given name, ... birth name of Bill de ...