Harold vs William - What's the difference?
harold | william |
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* 1882 Alfred Tennyson: The Promise of May :
* 1984 Ruth Rendell: The Killing Doll Pantheon Books ISBN 0394530977 page 42:
popular since the Norman Conquest.
* 1605 , Remains Concerning Britain , John Russell Smith, 1870, p.98:
* 2004 , California, Here I Am , TwentyFirst Century Publishers Ltd, ISBN 1904433219, page29-30:
As proper nouns the difference between harold and william
is that harold is a given name derived from Old English while William is a given name derived from Germanic popular since the Norman Conquest.As a noun Harold
is an improvised skit of a particular format.harold
English
(wikipedia Harold)Etymology 1
(etyl)Proper noun
(s)- For I have heard the Steers / Had land in Saxon times; and your own name / Of Harold sounds so English and so old / I am sure you must be proud of it.
- She called her husband Hal because no one else had ever done so and it had a dashing ring, rather out of keeping with Harold' s appearance.
Etymology 2
william
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- This name hath been most common in England since King William' the Conquerour,insomuch that upon a festival day in the Court of King Henry the Second, when Sir '''William''' Saint-John, and Sir '''William''' Fitz-Hamon, especial Officers, had commanded that none but of the name of '''William''' should dine in the great Chamber with them, they were accompanied with a hundred and twenty ' Williams .
- By the same token I should probably have called myself 'Bill'. With a name like William' you have choices. Very handy for us chameleons. '' William' is stern and dignified. A little austere and unapproachable. He conquers things. It is what my mother calls me when she is angry with me.