Guillaume (surname)

Guillaume

Guillaume le Conquérant (William the Conqueror)
Language(s)	French
Origin
Language(s)	Germanic languages
Meaning	Vehement protector (Will + helmet (protection))
Other names
Anglicisation(s)	William
See also	Guillaume (given name)

Guillaume is the French equivalent of William (name), which is of old Germanic origin.^[1]

As a surname, it was first recorded in Normandy, where the ancient family seat was located.

People with this surname[]

• 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
• 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
• (born 1950), Scottish-American business executive
• Paul Guillaume (1891–1934), French art dealer
• Pierre Guillaume (born 1941), book-shop founder
• Robert Guillaume (1927–2017 as Robert P. Williams), American stage and television actor
• Sylvain Guillaume (born 1968), French skier

See also[]

• Guillaume (given name)
• Guillaume (disambiguation)

References[]

Surname list

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