Gender:
Origin:
German
1513 famous people named Willem found on Wikipedia.
2420 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
2218-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
1208-th in year 2003
Used in: Dutch
Willem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləm]) 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. Nicknames that are derived from Willem are Jelle, Pim, Willie, Willy and Wim.
Combine of wil (will, desire) and helm (helmet, protection).
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Willem Dafoe | 1955 | American actor |
2 | Willem de Kooning | 1904 | Dutch painter |
3 | Willem Holleeder | 1958 | Dutch criminal |
4 | Willem Arondeus | 1894 | Dutch painter and writer |
5 | Willem Janszoon | 1570 | Dutch navigator and colonial governor |
6 | Willem Voogd | 1988 | Dutch actor |
7 | Willem Einthoven | 1860 | Dutch physiologist |
8 | Willem Nijholt | 1934 | Dutch actor |
9 | Willem Barents | 1550 | Navigator, cartographer, explorer |
10 | Willem Johan Kolff | 1911 | Dutch medical researcher |
11 | Willem van Hanegem | 1944 | Dutch footballer |
12 | Willem Drees | 1886 | Dutch politician |
13 | Willem Blaeu | 1571 | Dutch cartographer, atlas maker and publisher |
14 | Willem de Sitter | 1872 | Dutch cosmologist |
15 | Willem Ekkel | 1965 | Dutch presenter / journalist |
16 | Willem Buiter | 1949 | Dutch economist |
17 | Willem Alberts | 1984 | Rugby union player |
18 | Willem van Boxtel | 1955 | |
19 | Willem Sassen | 1918 | Dutch Nazi collaborator, Waffen-SS officer and journalist |
20 | Willem van de Velde the Younger | 1633 | Dutch painter |
21 | Willem Bol | 1953 | Dutch television presenter / host |
22 | Willem de Vlamingh | 1640 | Dutch explorer |
23 | Willem Hoekzema | 1939 | Dutch politician |
24 | Willem Bröcker | 1951 | Dutch jurist and politician |
25 | Christophe Willem | 1983 | French singer |
26 | Willem Witteveen | 1952 | Dutch politician |
27 | Willem Stevens | 1938 | Dutch politician |
28 | Willem Mengelberg | 1871 | Dutch conductor |
29 | Willem Kalf | 1619 | Painter from the Northern Netherlands |
30 | Willem Kieft | 1597 | Dutch colonial governor |
31 | Willem Frederik Hermans | 1921 | Dutch writer |
32 | Willem Mons | 1688 | Dutch noble |
33 | Willem Schouten | 1577 | Dutch explorer |
34 | Willem Ennes | 1947 | Dutch record producer (1947-2012) |
35 | Willem Endstra | 1953 | Dutch businessman |
36 | Willem Oltmans | 1925 | Dutch journalist |
37 | Willem van Aelst | 1627 | Painter from the Northern Netherlands |
38 | Willem de Bruin | Dutch television presenter, record producer and presenter | |
39 | Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle | 1702 | British diplomat and courtier |
40 | Willem Drost | 1633 | Painter from the Northern Netherlands |
41 | Willem Marinus Dudok | 1884 | Dutch architect |
42 | Willem Claesz. Heda | 1594 | Painter from the Northern Netherlands |
43 | Willem Breuker | 1944 | Dutch jazz musician |
44 | Willem Aantjes | 1923 | Dutch politician |
45 | Willem 's Gravesande | 1688 | Dutch physicist |
46 | Willem Sibbelee | 1918 | Dutch actor |
47 | Willem van de Velde the Elder | 1611 | Dutch painter |
48 | Willem Duyn | 1937 | Dutch entertainer |
49 | Willem Jacob van Stockum | 1910 | Dutch mathematician |
50 | Willem Vroom | 1850 | |
51 | Willem van Eijk | 1941 | Dutch serial killer |
52 | Willem Reimers | 1947 | Dutch television presenter |
53 | Willem Ratte | 1948 | Rhodesian army officer |
54 | Willem Korsten | 1975 | Dutch footballer |
55 | Willem Sandberg | 1897 | Dutch typographer, museum curator |
56 | Willem Ruis | 1945 | Dutch television presenter |
57 | Willem Elsschot | 1882 | Flemish writer |
58 | Willem van der Velden | 1942 | Dutch politician (1942-2013) |
59 | Willem de Ridder | 1939 | Dutch artist |
60 | Willem Albert Scholten | 1819 | |
61 | Willem van Haecht | 1593 | 17th century Flemish Baroque painter |
62 | Willem Klein | 1912 | Dutch mental calculator, circus performer, and murder victim (1912–1986) |
63 | Willem Usselincx | 1567 | Flemish merchant |
64 | Willem Middelkoop | 1962 | Dutch television presenter, writer and presenter |
65 | Willem Verhulst | Dutch colonial governor | |
66 | Willem Westra van Holthe | 1962 | Australian politician |
67 | Willem Vissers | 1964 | Dutch journalist |
68 | Willem Pijper | 1894 | Dutch composer, music critic and teacher |
69 | Willem Ter Braak | 1914 | German spy |
70 | Willem Wissing | 1656 | Dutch portrait artist |
71 | Willem Adriaan van der Stel | 1664 | Dutch colonial administrator |
72 | Willem Joseph van Ghent | 1626 | Dutch admiral |
73 | Willem Schinkel | 1976 | Dutch sociologist |
74 | Willem Roelofs | 1822 | Dutch painter and entomologist |
75 | Willem van Otterloo | 1907 | Dutch conductor and composer |
76 | Willem van der Neut | 1919 | Dutch criminal (1919-1983) |
77 | Willem Levelt | 1938 | Psycholinguist |
78 | Willem Visser 't Hooft | 1900 | Dutch theologian |
79 | Willem Wallyn | 1960 | Belgian actor and director |
80 | Willem Hendrik Keesom | 1876 | Dutch physicist |
81 | Willem Janssen | 1986 | Dutch professional footballer |
82 | Willem Maris | 1844 | Dutch landscape painter of the Hague School (1844-1910) |
83 | Willem Ruys | 1894 | |
84 | Willem de Fesch | 1687 | Dutch violone player and composer |
85 | Willem Steenkamp | 1940 | Author, journalist, historian, military analyst and citizen soldier |
86 | Willem van der Haegen | 1430 | Flemish noble |
87 | Willem Dolphyn | 1935 | Belgian draughtsman (1935-2016) |
88 | Willem Piso | 1611 | Dutch physician and naturalist |
89 | Willem Witsen | 1860 | Dutch artist |
90 | Willem Frederik van Bylandt | 1771 | Military leader |
91 | Willem van Mieris | 1662 | Dutch painter |
92 | Willem Karel Dicke | 1905 | Dutch physician |
93 | Willem Bilderdijk | 1756 | Dutch historian, linguist, poet and lawyer |
94 | Willem Sijthoff | 1965 | Dutch publisher |
95 | Willem Coertzen | 1982 | South African decathlete |
96 | Willem de Rooij | 1969 | Dutch artist |
97 | Willem van de Moosdijk | 1926 | Dutch criminal |
98 | Willem van der Vliet | 1584 | Dutch painter |
99 | Willem Leonard Brugsma | 1922 | Dutch television presenter and journalist |
100 | Willem Jackson | 1972 | South African footballer |
101 | Willem J. Ouweneel | 1944 | Biography of a Dutch theologian |
102 | Wim Schermerhorn | 1894 | Dutch politician |
103 | Willem Vrolik | 1801 | Dutch anatomist |
104 | Willem Duys | 1928 | Dutch radio and television presenter, commentator, tennis player and music producer |
105 | Willem Bruno van Albada | 2000 | Dutch fashion designer |
106 | Willem B. Drees | 1954 | Dutch philosopher |
107 | Willem Van Genk | 1927 | Dutch painter |
108 | Willem de Zwart | 1862 | Artist |
109 | Willem Bartjens | 1569 | Dutch mathematician |
110 | Willem de Poorter | 1608 | Dutch painter |
111 | Willem Ysbrandtsz. Bontekoe | 1587 | Dutch explorer |
112 | Willem Hussem | 1900 | Dutch painter, poet and sculptor |
113 | Willem van der Poel | 1926 | Dutch computer scientist |
114 | Willem Arntsz | ||
115 | Willem Mandigers | 1989 | Dutch darts player |
116 | Willem de Waal | 1978 | South African rugby union player |
117 | Willem Hesselink | 1878 | Dutch footballer |
118 | Willem Bentinck van Rhoon | 1704 | Dutch politician |
119 | Willem Adelaar | 1948 | Linguist |
120 | Willem Jacob Luyten | 1899 | Dutch-American astronomer |
121 | Willem van Zeist | 1924 | Dutch archaeologist |
122 | Willem Bosman | 1672 | Dutch merchant |
123 | Willem Boshoff | 1951 | South African artist |
124 | Willem Arnold Alting | 1724 | Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies |
125 | Willem IV van den Bergh | 1537 | Dutch politician (1537-1586) |
126 | Willem Key | 1520 | Painter |
127 | Willem Van Biljon | 1961 | South African businessman |
128 | Willem en Marianna der Nederlanden | 1818 | |
129 | Willem Bastiaan Tholen | 1860 | Dutch artist |
130 | Willem van Beusekom | 1947 | Dutch television presenter |
131 | Willem van Ruytenburch | Dutch Night Watch man | |
132 | Willem Vermandere | 1940 | Belgian singer |
133 | Willem Kloos | 1859 | Dutch poet |
134 | Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech | 1592 | Painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands |
135 | Willem ten Rhijne | 1647 | 17th-century Dutch physician, wrote on acupuncture |
136 | Willem Lust | 1956 | Dutch journalist |
137 | Willem Boy | 1520 | Swedish artist |
138 | Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke | 1816 | Dutch naval commander |
139 | Willem van Schijndel | 1954 | Dutch singer and record producer |
140 | Willem Hondius | 1598 | Dutch engraver, cartographer and painter |
141 | Willem Dreesmann | 1885 | Dutch businessperson and museum founder |
142 | Willem Schellinks | 1627 | Dutch painter |
143 | Willem Jan Holsboer | 1834 | Dutch businessperson (1834-1898) |
144 | Willem Wilmink | 1936 | Dutch poet |
145 | Willem Banning | 1888 | Dutch politician (1888-1971) |
146 | Willem Verstegen | 1612 | Dutch explorer |
147 | Willem Vogelsang | 1956 | Dutch linguist |
148 | Willem Van Lancker | 1987 | |
149 | Willem Rampangilei | ||
150 | Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg | 1818 | President of South Africa |
151 | Willem van Heythuysen | Dutch businessman and hofje founder in Haarlem and Weert | |
152 | Willem Swidde | 1660 | Dutch draughtsperson and engraver (1660-1697) |
153 | Willem Cornelisz Duyster | 1599 | Dutch painter |
154 | Willem van Herp | 1614 | Painter |
155 | Willem Mastenbroek | 1942 | Dutch sociologist |
156 | Willem Koekkoek | 1839 | Painter from the Northern Netherlands |
157 | Willem van Toorn | 1935 | Dutch poet, writer and translator |
158 | Willem Weertman | American engineer | |
159 | Willem P.C. Stemmer | 1957 | Dutch engineer |
160 | Willem Kes | 1856 | Dutch conductor and composer |
161 | Willem van Kooten | 1941 | Dutch radio dj and politician |
162 | Willem den Ouden | 1928 | Dutch painter |
163 | Wilhelm Grimm | 1904 | German graphic designer and painter |
164 | Willem Vlugt | 1872 | Dutch politician |
165 | Willem Post | 1955 | Dutch historian |
166 | Willem Gerrit Witteveen | 1891 | Dutch urban planner |
167 | Willem Otterspeer | 1950 | Dutch historian and writer |
168 | Willem Jan Knoop | 1811 | Dutch general |
169 | Willem van Iependaal | 1891 | Dutch writer |
170 | Willem Smit | 1946 | |
171 | Willem Brakman | 1922 | Dutch writer |
172 | Willem Marinus van Rossum | 1854 | Catholic cardinal |
173 | Willem Rooseboom | 1843 | Dutch colonial governor |
174 | Willem de Beer | 1988 | South African sprinter |
175 | Willem Vogt | 1888 | Dutch television presenter |
176 | Willem den Broeder | 1951 | Dutch artist |
177 | Willem den Toom | 1911 | Ministry of Defence |
178 | Willem Fricke | 1928 | German actor |
179 | Willem Slijkhuis | 1923 | Dutch middle distance runner |
180 | Willem Glashouwer jr. | 1944 | Dutch predikant and program maker |
181 | Willem die Madocke maecte | Medieval author of "Van den Vos Reynaerde" | |
182 | Willem Bosch | 1986 | Dutch screenwriter and writer |
183 | Willem Johannes Leyds | 1859 | South African civil servant and diplomat, lawyer, historian |
184 | Willem Zijlstra | 1965 | Dutch television producer |
185 | Willem Hubert Vliegen | 1862 | Dutch journalist and politician |
186 | Willem Hofhuizen | 1915 | Dutch painter |
187 | Willem Panneels | 1600 | Painter |
188 | Willem van der Ark | 1963 | Dutch footballer |
189 | Willem Nagel | 1910 | Dutch writer and jurist |
190 | Willem van Blijenbergh | 1632 | Dutch theologian and merchant |
191 | Willem Albert Wagenaar | 1941 | Psychologist |
192 | Willem Andriessen | 1887 | Dutch composer, pianist and music educator |
193 | Willem Tomlinson | ||
194 | Willem Mwedihanga | Football player | |
195 | Jean-Pierre Willem | 1938 | French humanitarian |
196 | Willem Jacob Verdenius | 1913 | Dutch scholar |
197 | Willem Jacobsz Delff | 1580 | Painter from the Northern Netherlands |
198 | Willem Baudartius | 1565 | Dutch theologian |
199 | Willem Vermeend | 1948 | Dutch politician |
200 | Willem Vrelant | 1500 | Dutch book illuminator |