WILMA:

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According to "Baby Name's World":

http://www.babynamesworld.com/

 

Wilma

German - Protector

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According to "Ancestry.com":

http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/Fact.aspx?fid=10

 

WILMA

German: contracted form of Wilhelmina English: either a borrowing of the German name, or an independent coinage, formed as a feminine equivalent of William

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Wilhelmina

German: feminine version of formed with the Latinate suffix -ina. This name was introduced to the English-speaking world from Germany in the 19th century. It is now very rarely used. Variant: Wilhelmine.

Cognates: Swedish: Vilhelmina. Danish, Norwegian: Vilhelmine.

Short forms: German: Wilma, Helmine, Helma, Mine. Danish: Mine.

Pet forms: German: Minna, Minne. English: Minnie.

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William

English: the most successful of all the Germanic names introduced to England by the Normans. It is composed of the elements wil will, desire + helm helmet, protection. The fact that it was borne by the Conqueror himself does not seem to have inhibited its favour with the "conquered" population: in the first century after the Conquest it was the commonest male name of all, not only among Normans. In the later Middle Ages it was overtaken by but continued to run second to that name until the 20th century, when the picture became more fragmented. It was a royal name not only in England, but also in Germany and the Netherlands. Cognates: Irish Gaelic: Liam. Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam. Welsh: Gwilym. French: Guillaume. Italian: Guglielmo. Spanish: Guilermo. Catalan: Guille! m. Portuguese: Guilherme. German: Wilhelm. Low German, Dutch: Willem. Scandinavian: Vilhelm. Czech: Vilem. Hungarian: Vilmos. Finnish: Vilppu.

Short forms: English: Will, German: Wim.

Pet forms: English and Scottish: Willy, Willie. German: Willi.

Feminine forms: English: Willa, Wilma, German: Wilhelmina, Wilhelmine, Helmine, Helma, Mine. Hungarian: Vilma.