William in Arabic: How to Write وليم, Letter by Letter

William in Arabic is وليم, which reads back as Wilyam. William has no Arabic form of its own, so Arabic spells its sound, here with four letters: wāw, lām, yāʾ and mīm. وليم is how Arabic Wikipedia writes three of the five people called William that we checked.

Copy وليم from the first row of the table. Any other rows hold the other spellings Arabic Wikipedia uses for William, or a related Arabic name. The Listen button reads each one in your device's Arabic voice, if it has one.

William in Arabic calligraphy, in three styles

Renders of وليم and ويليام, in Amiri, Reem Kufi and Alkalami, drawn straight from the font files.

How Arabic Wikipedia spells William

We looked up the Arabic Wikipedia articles of five well-known people called William. Their titles write the name as وليم three times and ويليام twice. Our name tool gives وليم, the spelling of William Shakespeare's article.

Why وليم is spelled this way

William is spelled by its sound, and Arabic has no letter for some English sounds, so each choice below follows a rule. وليم starts with the letter و, wāw. One letter, و wāw, never joins the letter after it, so وليم always shows one small gap.

• Arabic Wikipedia uses two spellings: وليم, four letters, for William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth and William Blake, and ويليام, with two more letters for the vowels, for William Faulkner and William Golding. Our name tool gives وليم.
• The W is wāw, و, the letter Arabic uses for w as well as for a long oo.
• ويليام writes out the vowels, wi-li-yam; وليم leaves them to the reader.

What does William mean?

William means will helmet, according to Behind the Name. William comes from the Germanic Willehelm, made of willo, will or desire, and helm, helmet. It became one of the most common English names after William the Conqueror became king of England in the 11th century. Its Irish short form is in the US top ten too: see Liam in Arabic. William was the tenth most common name given to boys born in the US in 2024, according to the Social Security Administration's announced 2024 list.

Two related names on this site are Henry in Arabic, هنري and Lucas in Arabic, لوكاس. For Arabic names to choose from, browse the Arabic boy names with their meanings, part of our Arabic vocabulary lists.

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