John-William
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JON-WIL-yam
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
John-William is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious + will and helmet”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does John-William mean?
Hebrew: John + William
“God is gracious + will and helmet”
Joins John (Hebrew, “God is gracious”) and William (Germanic, “will and helmet”).
Meanings borrowed from John and William.
Is John-William a girl's or a boy's name?
John-William is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is John-William in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named John-William, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
John-William in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
Names like John-William
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jesse, Tobias, Elijah, Elias, Joey, Jonah, Ezra, Josiah, Theodore, Matteo, Isaiah, Raphael
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “John-William: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/john-william, updated 20 October 2026.