The Williams Surname
- Meaning
- son of William
- Type
- Patronymic
- Root
- Welsh, from William
- Chiefly
- Wales and the borders
Formed the same way as Jones: a father’s given name with an English possessive -s, fixed as a hereditary surname under English administrative pressure.
The older Welsh form would have been ap Gwilym.
Bestow the name a title it never had
An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Williams name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.
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