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Liam
Liam is a short form of the Irish name "Uilliam", itself a derivative of the Frankish, "Willahelm". The original name was a merging of the Old German elements, ''vila'' ("will" or "resolution") and ''helma'' ("helmet"), and therefore, means "helmet of will" and "Guardian". When the Frankish Empire was divided into two parts, the name developed differently in each region. In the French half, Willahelm developed first into "Guilielm", and then into "Guillaume", while the German developed into "Wilhelm" and the English developed into William. Liam has been one of the most popular names for boys in the United States since 2010.
==Origin==
Although the names Willahelm and Guillaume were well known in England prior to 1066, through Saxon dealings with Guillaume, Duc de Normandie, it was viewed as a "foreign" name. The Norman Conquest had a dramatic effect on English names. Many, if not most Saxon names, such as Ethelred, died out under the massive influx of French ones. Since the Royal Court now rang with names such as Alain, Guy, Aeginald and William,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Online Etymology Dictionary )〕 they were quickly adopted by the English, the Welsh, and eventually the Irish.
Within a generation, the "new" names had become so completely assimilated that they were regarded as homegrown, and variant forms evolved and thrived alongside one another. In Wales, both William and Gwilym became popular, as did the short forms Wil and Gwil, and almost every village had its own Gwilym Williams (the final "s" represented "son of" or "descendant of"). The Norman conquest of Ireland followed a similar pattern to that of England a century earlier. Within a generation, the Irish Uilliam was found alongside William, and the short form of both was Liam.〔A Revised History of Names in Britain〕
Until the end of the 18th century, Liam was virtually unknown outside Ireland, but in the mid-1850s, over a million and a half people left Ireland to escape the catastrophic potato famine, and from then on, Irish names were heard everywhere. Liam as an independent name in England and Wales dates from 1932, but at this stage it was mainly confined to the families of Irish descent. By 1955, it was recorded for two boys in every 10,000, a figure it maintained until 1975, when it rose to four per 10,000.
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