Guillermo is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The name Guillermo isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Guillermo ranks 683. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 2 were named Guillermo. In the entire USA, approximately 28,303 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Guillermo. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
Guillermo is the Spanish form of William. This name means ‘vehement protector’ and has Germanic origins: It developed from Willehelm. William became extremely popular in England after William the Conqueror was recognized as the first Norman king of England in the 11th century.
Guillermo is in use... in the US since the late 19th century, though it has been rare until popularity increased during the 1960s.
You may not know anyone named Guillermo, but there’s a good chance you live in the same state as someone with that name. In fact, 34 states are home to men and boys named Guillermo. (To be fair, a given name is only included in a state’s official statistics if there are at least five people with that name living in that state – so it’s entirely possible that there are still a few men and boys named Guillermo living in one state or another. If your name is Guillermo and you live outside of the states highlighted on the map, please let us know so we can refine our statistics even further). And while the first name is present in many states, it is still not one of the popular ones. In Arizona, which has the most people named Guillermo relative to the population, you still have to ask 1,380 men and boys their names before you hear Guillermo as an answer just once.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter G is not really common as a first letter for boys' names: only 2.8% of all common boys' names in the US begin with G. By the way, the most common first letters of boys' names are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.
With nine letters, the name Guillermo is relatively long compared to other names. In fact, 5.6% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly nine letters. 92% of all first names are shorter, while not even 2.5% of all boys’ and girls’ names use ten or more letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that with 2.8% of all boys' names beginning with a G, this initial letter is less common than the other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are boys' names with G that are quite popular, the most common at present is George.
If your name is Guillermo and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Guillermo, you can simply say:
Goat
Unicorn
Igloo
Lion
Lion
Elephant
Rocket
Mouse
Orange
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Guillermo
Guillermo
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Guillermo sounds like this:
