Willem

Willem

Pronunciation	[ˈʋɪləm]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Dutch
Origin
Meaning	With strong will
Region of origin	Belgium Netherlands
Other names
Variant form(s)	Guglielmo Guillaume Guillermo Liam Vilhelm Wilhelm William
Nickname(s)	Pim Willie Willy Wim
Derived	Wil (will) Helm (helmet)
Related names	Wilhelmina

Willem is a Dutch given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English and Wilhelm in German.

People

Given name

• Willem I (1772–1843), King of the Netherlands
• Willem II (1792–1849), King of the Netherlands
• Willem III (1817–1890), King of the Netherlands
• Willem of the Netherlands (1840–1879), Dutch prince
• Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange (b. 1967), Heir apparent to the Dutch throne
• Willem Aantjes (b. 1923), a Dutch politician
• Willem Adelaar (b. 1948), Dutch linguist
• Willem Andriessen (1887–1964), a Dutch pianist and composer
• Willem Arondeus (1894–1943), a Dutch artist and author
• Willem Barentsz (ca. 1550–1597), Dutch navigator and explorer
• Willem Bilderdijk (1756–1831), Dutch poet
• Willem Blaeu (1571–1638), Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, and publisher
• Willem Boy (1520–1592), a Flemish painter, sculptor, and architect
• Willem Breuker (b. 1944), a Dutch jazz bandleader, composer, arranger, and musician
• Willem Brouwer (b. 1963), Dutch football (soccer) player
• Willem Buiter (b. 1949), an ecomomist of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee
• Willem Claeszoon Heda (1594–ca. 1680), a Dutch Golden Age still-life artist
• Willem Cornelisz Schouten (ca. 1567–1625), a Dutch navigator of the Dutch East India Company
• Willem de Kooning, Abstract expressionist painter
• Willem de Sitter (1872–1934), a Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer
• Willem de Vlamingh (1640–ca. 1698), a Dutch sea-captain and explorer of Australia
• Willem Dafoe (b. 1955), American actor
• Willem Drees (1886–1988), Dutch politician
• Willem Drost (1633–1659), a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker
• Willem Einthoven (1860–1927), a Dutch doctor, physiologist, and inventor of the electrocardiogram
• Willem Elsschot (1882–1960), a Flemish writer and poet (pseudonym of Alfons-Jozef De Ridder)
• Willem Endstra (1953–2004), a Dutch real estate trader
• Willem Frederik Hermans (1921–1995), a Dutch author
• Willem Holleeder (b. 1958), Dutch criminal involved in the kidnapping of Heineken president Freddy Heineken
• Willem Hondius or Willem Hondt (1598–ca. 1652), a Dutch engraver, cartographer and painter
• Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh (1881–1936), a Dutch Olympic fencer
• Willem Jacob Luyten (1899–1994), Dutch-American astronomer
• Willem Jacob's Gravesande (1688–1742), a Dutch philosopher and mathematician
• Willem Janssen (b. 1984), a Dutch footballer
• Willem Janszoon (ca. 1570–1630), Dutch navigator and colonial governor
• Willem Johan Kolff (1911–2009), inventor of the artificial kidney
• Willem Kes (1856–1934), Dutch conductor and violinist
• Willem Kalf (1619–1693), a Dutch Golden Age painter, art dealer, and appraiser
• Willem Kieft (1597–1647), a Dutch merchant and director-general of New Netherland
• Willem Kloos (1859–1938), a Dutch poet and literary critic
• Willem Konjore (b. 1945), a Namibian politician
• Willem Marinus Dudok (1884–1974), a Dutch modernist architect
• Willem Maris (1844–1910), a Dutch landscape painter
• Willem Meijer (1923–2003), a Dutch botanist and plant collector
• Willem Mengelberg (1871–1951), a Dutch conductor
• Willem Mons (1688–1724), brother of Peter the Great's mistress Anna Mons and secretary to Catherine
• Willem Oltmans (1925–2004), a Dutch journalist
• Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech (1591—1624), a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher
• Willem Pijper (1894–1947), a Dutch composer, music critic, and music teacher
• Willem Roelofs (1822–1897), a Dutch painter, water-colourist, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman
• Willem Sandberg (1897–1984), a Dutch typographer and museum curator
• Willem Siebenhaar (1863–1936), a Dutch-Australian social activist and writer
• Willem Surenhuis (ca. 1664–1729), a Dutch Christian scholar
• Willem Usselincx (1567–1647), a Flemish merchant, investor and diplomat
• Willem van Aelst (1627–1683), a Dutch still-life artist
• Willem Van Biljon (b. 1961), South African entrepreneur and technologist
• Willem van de Velde the Elder (ca. 1611–1693), a Dutch painter
• Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633–1707), a Dutch marine painter, son of above
• Willem van Hoof, a half-Dutch, half-English, guitarist and bassist
• Willem van Hanegem (b. 1944), a Dutch football player and coach
• Willem van Mieris (1662–1747), a Dutch painter
• Willem van Otterloo (1907–1978), a Dutch conductor, cellist and composer
• Willem Verhulst (ca. 1625), the second director of the Dutch West India Company
• Willem Verstegen (ca. 1612—1659), merchant of the Dutch East India Company and chief of factory in Deshima
• Willem Willink (1750–1841), a wealthy Amsterdam merchant
• Willem Wilmink (1936–2003), a Dutch poet and writer
• Willem Wissing (1656–1687), a Dutch portrait artist
• Willem Witsen (1860–1923), a Dutch painter and photographer

Middle name

• Evert Willem Beth (1908–1964), a Dutch philosopher and logician
• Pieter Willem Botha (1916–2006), former prime minister and president of South Africa
• Schalk Willem Burger (1852–1918), a South African military leader, lawyer, and statesman
• Herman Willem Daendels (1762–1818), 36th Governor General of the Dutch East Indies
• Jan Willem Janssens (1762–1838), a Dutch nobleman, soldier and statesman
• Frederik Willem de Klerk (b. 1936), State President of South Africa
• Pieter Willem Korthals (1807–1892), a Dutch botanist
• Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944), a Dutch-American historian and journalist

Surname

• Christophe Willem, contemporary French singer nicknamed 'The Turtle' (La Tortue)
• Jean-Pierre Willem, founder of Medecins Aux Pieds Nus translatable as Barefoot Doctors

Things

• Prins Willem, a ship built in 1649.
• Willem II, also known as Willem II Tilburg, a football club based in Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Koning Willem II Stadion, a multi-purpose stadium in Tilburg, Netherlands, and the home ground of Willem II Tilburg
• Willem Eprom Programmer (electronics tool) [1]