Guillaume (surname)

Guillaume

Guillaume le Conquérant (William the Conqueror)

Language(s)| French
Origin
Language(s)| Germanic languages
Meaning| Vehement protector (Will + helmet (protection))
Other names
Anglicisation(s)| William
See also| Guillaume (given name)

Guillaume is the French equivalent of William (name), which is of old Germanic origin.[1]

Among its oldest well-known carriers was Charlemagne's cousin William of Gellone.

## People with this surname

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* Albert Guillaume (1873–1942), French caricaturist
* Alfred Guillaume (1888–1966), Islamic scholar
* Augustin Guillaume (1895–1983), French general
* Charles Édouard Guillaume (1861–1938), French-Swiss physicist
* Didier Guillaume (1959–2025), French politician
* Edith Guillaume (1943–2013), Danish opera singer
* Günter Guillaume (1927–1995), a close aide to West German chancellor Willy Brandt who turned out to be a spy for East Germany's secret service
* Gustave Guillaume (1883–1960), French linguist
* Henri Guillaume (1812–1877), Belgian general and military historian
* Jacquette Guillaume (fl. 1665), French writer
* James Guillaume (1844–1916), anarchist
* Jean Guillaume (1918–2001), Belgian writer
* Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume (1822–1905), French sculptor
* Paul Guillaume (1891–1934), French art dealer
* Pierre Guillaume (born 1941), book-shop founder
* Robert Guillaume (1927–2017 as Robert P. Williams), American stage and television actor
* Sylvain Guillaume (born 1968), French skier

## See also

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* Guillaume (given name)
* Guillaume (disambiguation)

## References

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1. ^ Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1, p.276.

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