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William vs Ian - What's the difference?

william | ian |

As a proper noun william

is popular since the norman conquest.

As a determiner ian is

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As an adverb ian is

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william

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • popular since the Norman Conquest.
  • * 1605 , Remains Concerning Britain , John Russell Smith, 1870, p.98:
  • 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 .
  • * 2004 , California, Here I Am , TwentyFirst Century Publishers Ltd, ISBN 1904433219, page29-30:
  • 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.

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    ian

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Iain

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1975 , , World of Wonders , ISBN 0670817902, page 736
  • “If you want a Scotch name why don’t you call him Jock?” Macgregor looked disgusted. “Because Jock is not a name, but a diminutive, as everybody knows well. It is the diminutive of John. And John is not a Scots name. The Scots form of that name is Ian'. If you want to call him ' Ian Fetch, I shall say no more.”

    References

    * Concerning the names Iain, Ian, and Eoin by Josh Mittleman

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