Viliam

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled William in US United States, SE Sweden, PL Poland and 11 more, Вильям in NO Norway, FI Finland, RU Russia and 2 more and Вільям in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Viliam is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name1.1K records spelled Viliam3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Spain, Colombia

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Víliam

• Croatian given name656 records spelled Viliam6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria

  Languages: Croatian, Macedonian, Bulgarian

  Also written Вилиам

• Punjabi given name78 records spelled Viliam3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom

  Also written William, ਵਿਲੀਅਮ

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Viliam Pauliny-Tóthb. 1826HUSlovak poet and essayist (1826–1877)
• Viliam Figuš-Bystrýb. 1875SKSlovak composer and teacher (1875-1937)
• Viliam Širokýb. 1902SKCzechoslovak vice prime minister of Czechoslovakia, member of Czechoslovak national parliament, minister of foreign affairs and slovak nation politician (1902-1971)
• Viliam Karmažinb. 1922SKSlovak composer and conductor
• Viliam Schrojfb. 1931SKSlovak footballer (1931-2007)
• Viliam Fischerb. 1938SKSlovak politician
• Viliam Veteškab. 1953SKSlovak politician and entrepreneur (1953-2009)
• Viliam Judákb. 1957SKSlovak catholic bishop
• Viliam Klimáčekb. 1958SKSlovak poet, dramatic and writer
• Viliam Hýravýb. 1962SKSlovak footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 89 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Viliam?

We estimate roughly 2.5 million people bear Viliam (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Viliam have the most bearers?

We estimate about 2.2 million people bear Viliam in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled william.

Where is Viliam most common?

Viliam is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 149 people carrying it.

How common is Viliam compared with other names?

In Slovakia, Viliam is the 45th most common given name of 9,629 given names recorded there.

Is Viliam a male or female name?

Viliam is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Viliam mean?

Recorded meaning: Derived from English William.