My name William James Andrus

Ok, after watching Current Tv yesterday, they discussed some top searches. One of the searches was "name meaning". So, I figure I would give it a shot, and look up my name: William

http://www.behindthename.com

So I find this site and enter my name:


WILLIAM
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIL-ee-am, WIL-yam

From the Germanic name Wilhelm, which was composed of the elements wil "will, desire" and helm "helmet, protection". The name was introduced to Britain by the Normans. It has belonged to several rulers of England, Prussia, and Germany, including William the Conqueror, the first Norman king of England. Another famous bearer was William Tell, a legendary 14th-century hero from Switzerland. In the literary world it has been borne by dramatist William Shakespeare and poet William Blake, as well as contemporary authors William Faulkner and William S. Burroughs.

In the U.S. the name is usually in the top 20.
Interesting to see that in Sweden, it has been the most popular name for the past 2 years (2004, 2003).
It isn't very popular in Belgium.
The most popular decade for it to be used by women was in the 1920-1929, since 1990 the name hasn't been anywhere close to the top 1000.

Ok, this is a little funny, I always knew there was a ton of nick-names for William. Dang there are alot:

Names that are related to WILLIAM:
BILL m English
BILLIE m & f English
BILLY m English
GUGLIELMO m Italian
GUILHERME m Portuguese
GUILLAUME m French
GUILLEM m Catalan
GUILLERMO m Spanish
GWIL m Welsh
GWILHERM m Breton
GWILIM m Welsh
GWILLYM m Welsh
GWILYM m Welsh
HELMA f German
HELMINE f German
ILMA f
LIAM m Irish
MIINA f Finnish
MIMMI f Finnish
MINNA f German
MINNIE f English
PIM m Dutch
UILLEAG m Irish
UILLEAM m Scottish
UILLIAM m Irish
ULICK m Irish
VELMA f English (Modern)
VELVEL m Jewish
VELVELA f Jewish
VILCHJO m Esperanto
VILEM m Czech
VILHELM m Scandinavian, Hungarian
VILHELMAS m Lithuanian
VILHELMI m Finnish
VILHELMIINA f Finnish
VILHELMO m Esperanto
VILHELMS m Latvian
VILHJÁLMUR m Icelandic
VILHO m Finnish
VILI m Hungarian, Slovene
VILJAMI m Finnish
VILJEM m Slovene
VILJO m Finnish
VILKO m Slovene
VILLE m Finnish
VILMA f Hungarian
VILMAR m
VILMOS m Hungarian
WILHELM m German, Polish
WILHELMINA f German
WILKIE m English
WILL m English
WILLA f English
WILLEM m Dutch
WILLIE m & f English
WILLIS m English
WILLY m English
WILMA f German, English
WILMER m English
WILMOT m English
WILSON m English
WIM m Dutch, German
WIREMU m Maori


Thats about 63 names (if I counted correctly).

Ok, now for James:
English form of the Late Latin Jacomus which was derived from Iakobos, the New Testament Greek form of Ya'aqov (see JACOB).
From the Latin Jacobus, which was from the Greek Ιακωβος (Iakobos), which was from the Hebrew name Ya'aqov which meant "holder of the heel" or "supplanter".

Ok, I would be very lucky to find the meaning of Andrus. My grandfather was adopted, so the last name doesn't have much meaning to me; however, my heritage has more. The meaning of Andrus:

Estonian form of ANDREW
From the Greek name Ανδρεας (Andreas), which derives from ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος (andros) "of a man").

So bringing it all together:
William James Andrus = "desire" and "protection" + "holder of the heel" + "of a man".
= Protector + deceiver + strong
~ Strong decieving protector

I would have to think about that one.