Vilhelms is a Latvian masculine

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, cognate of the English name

William William is a masculine given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman Conquest, Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle ...

. The diminutive form of Vilhelms is

Vilis Vilis is a Latvian masculine given name and may refer to: * Vilis Daudziņš (b. 1970), Latvian theater and film actor * Vilis Janums (1894–1981), Latvian military officer *Vilis Krištopans (b. 1954), Latvian politician, former Prime Minister ...

. People bearing the name Vilhelms include: * Vilhelms Bokslafs (1858–1945), Baltic German-Latvian architect * Vilhelms Knoriņš (1890–1939), Latvian Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet politician and publicist *

Vilhelms Purvītis Vilhelms Purvītis (3 March 1872 – 14 January 1945) was a landscape painter and educator who founded the Latvian Academy of Art and was its rector from 1919 to 1934. Biography Vilhems Purvītis was born in Zaube Parish (now Cēsis Munici ...

(1872–1945), Latvian landscape painter and educator

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