Guillaume (surname)
Guillaume le Conquérant (William the Conqueror) | |
| Language | French |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language | Germanic languages |
| Meaning | Vehement protector (Will + helmet (protection)) |
| Other names | |
| Anglicisation | 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 include:
- 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 and Nobel laureate
- 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), American stage and television actor
- Sylvain Guillaume (born 1968), French skier
See also
References
- ^ Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1, p.276.