Guilherme
The Portuguese form of Wilhelm, cousin to English William and French Guillaume, built from Germanic roots for will and protection. In Poland it stays foreign and rare: only 177 people carry it, every one of them a man.
Guilherme Pronunciation
Guilherme is pronounced goo-eel-KHER-me (/guilˈxɛrmɛ/).
What Guilherme means
Where Guilherme comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Guilherme comes from the old Germanic name Wilhelm. Two roots stand behind it: wil, meaning will or resolve, and helm, meaning helmet and protection. Together they give what Polish states plainly, wola i opieka, a resolute protector.
The Portuguese and Brazilian world made Wilhelm into Guilherme, a cousin of English William, French Guillaume, and Spanish Guillermo. Norman soldiers carried William into England after 1066. The Germanic warrior name traveled far. A Polish reader meeting it on a class register will hear something foreign in the spelling, yet the meaning underneath is one Poland already knows through Wilhelm.
Names built on helm were promises of defense, protection worn like a helmet. Guilherme keeps that guard. Here the meaning sits at the root, not added on later. The will comes first, then the shield. Its meaning stays fixed: wola i opieka.
How many people are named Guilherme
1 in 120600 men in Poland is named Guilherme. 177 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2391 among male names.
Guilherme as a middle name
Guilherme is a first name for 177 men in Poland and a middle name for another 39, an 82/18 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1273rd, between Ferney (39) and Hector (39).
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#1271 Fati̇h39
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#1272 Ferney39
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#1273 Guilherme39
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#1274 Hector39
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#1275 Hendrikus39