William Afton/Names

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## William Bradley Afton

### Name

* **William** (/ˈwɪljəm/) is a male given English name derived from the Germanic name *Wilhelm*, meaning "resolute protector" or "strong-willed warrior". It ultimately descends from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz*, with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name *Vilhjalmr* and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin *Willelmus*. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *wiljô* "will, wish, desire" and *helmaz* "helm, helmet". It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. Its diminutive forms in English include *Will*, *Wills*, *Willy*/*Willie*, *Bill*, *Billy*/*Billie*, *Wull*, *Wully*/*Wullie* and *Liam*, with the female forms being *Willa*, *Willemina*, *Wilma* and *Wilhelmina*. Although Scott Cawthon has never officially talked about his reasoning for this choice of name, it appears to be in reference to the "strong protector" meaning behind it, referencing William's determined nature of always coming back to kill more.
* **Bradley** (/ˈbrædli/) is s a gender-neutral English name derived from the Olde English words *brad* and *leah*, meaning “broad meadow” or “spacious woods". Dating back to 1086, this title was once used as a surname before becoming a popular first name in the US in the mid-late 1900s. Its diminutive forms in English include *Brad*, *Bard*, *Braddles*, *Brady* and *Brody*. The name was chosen in reference to an unused email in Special Delivery, where flowers and chocolates are sent from Vanessa's computer, with her claiming to be from her boyfriend named **Brad**, widely speculated to be in fact William. The original name in turn likely being chosen due to its status as a stereotypical name for conventionally attractive men.
* **Afton** (/ˈæftən/) is a rare surname of British origin, being a habitational name from a places called Afton, examples of which are hamlets in Devon and Isle of Wight in the UK, with the bloodline's ancestors being pure blooded Anglo-Saxtons, originally coming from German regions of Western-Central Europe. The name is speculated to have been chosen by Scott in reference to his own, very similar sounding surname, due to In The Flesh's relationship between Matt and Springtrap being a possible parallel that of Scott and real Springtrap, him wanting to base the Purple Man on a twisted, demented version of himself.

### Honorifics

* **Mister** (/ˈmɪstə/), usually written in its contracted form ***Mr.***, is an English honorific pre-fix used to refer to men without any higher honorific, such as Doctor, or Father, while giving proper respect in a professional manner. It is usually reserved for one's male superiors and men in power.
	+ **Mr. Afton** (/ˈmɪstər ˈæftən/) is the form which Fritz Smith used to refer to William in the opening cutscene of Sister Location, omitting the forename for ease of use, while still showing William the respect as his boss and superior.

## Springtrap

* **Springtrap** (/ˈsprɪŋtræp/) is a male nickname made up of the words *spring* and *trap*, meaning "Trap made from springs" or "One trapped in a springsuit". It comes from combining the first part of Springbonnie's name — Spring (which in itself is a pun referring both to its nature as a springlock hybrid made up of elastic coils, rabbits' affinity to hop around and the first template season.) — with William's condition of being a poltergeist bound to the vessel of this springlock endoskeleton and his old corpse entangled in it.

## Dave Miller

* **Dave** (/deɪv/) is a diminutive of **David**, a male given name derived from Hebrew *דָּוִד*, the name of an important biblical figure King David, name meaning "beloved one". derived from the root *dôwd* (דּוֹד), which originally meant "to boil", but survives in Biblical Hebrew only in the figurative usage "to love"; specifically, it is a term for an uncle or figuratively, a lover/beloved. Due to spread of Christianity, the name was adopted as Syriac *ܕܘܝܕ*, Greek *Δαυίδ* and Latin *Davidus*, then turning into the current form. Its diminutive forms in English include *Davey*, *Davi* and *Daveth*, with the female froms being *Davina*, *Davinia*, and *Davida*. The name, stolen by William from Dave Miller in the main undeniable canon, first appeared without a backstory in *The Silver Eyes* simply as an alias used by Afton as a guard in the abandoned mall built around Freddy Fazbear's Pizza in 1995. This name might have been chosen as during the events of novel timeline, William tricks the Missing Children into seeing him as their father, telling Charlie that "Your father loved, and now I have loved", this love ending up an important theme throught the trilogy.
* **Miller** (/ˈmɪlər/) is an occupational suname of English, German, Irish or Scottish origin, common in the United States, deriving from the bloodline's forefathers working as millers. The surname may also be translated from many cognate surnames from other European languages, such as *Mueller*, *Müller*, *Mühler*, *Moller*, *Möller*, *Møller*, *Myller*, or *Milleiir*. The surname, stolen by William from Dave Miller in the main undeniable canon, first appeared without a backstory in *The Silver Eyes* simply as an alias used by Afton as a guard in the abandoned mall built around Freddy Fazbear's Pizza in 1995. While originally it most likely had no deeper meaning than being an unassuming, common American surname, it may now be connected to the steel mill primarily appearing in *Into the Pit* and mentioned in *He Told Me Everything*, with the town (despite featuring a school named "Westbrook High") being widely speculated to be Hurricane.

## Usernames

* **Lolbit** (/ˈlɑlbɪt/) is an androgynous username meaning "One who does a bit of trolling", made up of an incorrectly capitalised version of **LOL**, an initialism for "laughing out loud" and the word **bit**, which may either mean "a small piece, part, or quantity of something", or "a set of actions or ideas associated with a specific group or activity". William likely named himself this due to his affinity for making fun of others online, as well as frequent use of internet slang, such as LOL, either doing so in sporadic bursts, or treating his trollge as a sort of act.
* **BIGWILLY** (/bɪɡ.ˈwɪli/) is a male username, meaning "big William", or "one with a huge \*\*\*\*", composed of the words **big**, meaning "of higher than average size" and the name **Willy**, which is a diminutive of William, as well as as British slang for male genitalia. It was presumably chosen as a pun, where William uses "big" to refer both to himself through his name, as well as his privates.

## Unused nicknames

* **Salvage** (/ˈsælvɪʤ/) - a reference to the original fan given name used before Springtrap's true nickname was revealed.
* **Springtrap 2: Electric Boogaloo** (/ˈsprɪŋtræp tuː ɪˈlɛktrɪk buːɡæluː/) - referencing the original copyright name of the "Dark Springtrap" from from after *FNaF3* fire - Springtrap 2.
* **Scraptrap** (/ˈskræptræp/) - a reference to the most popular fan given name for Afton's *Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator* design. The name comes from combining the "*trap*" suffix seen in *Springtrap* and related *Plushtrap*, combined with "*Scrap*", possibly taken from *Scrap Baby*. It has been used several times by both Lord Scott and the ooftroop due to mainstream fanbase forgetting the design's actual name is simply *Afton*. It has since been referenced within *Security Breach* on the *Mad Science with Dr. Scraptrap* arcade cabinets*.* The first recorded use of the name was in a Freddit comment made by a now deleted account.
* **Springscrap** (/ˈsprɪŋskræp/) - a reference to a rare alternative to the above Scraptrap, combining the other part of Springtrap's nickname with "Scrap" instead. Springscrap actually predates Scraptrap.
* **Gooftrap** (/ˈɡuːftræp/) - an insult name for Afton's *Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator* design.
* **Springbonnieman** (/ˈsprɪŋ.ˈbɒni.mæn/) - name of the model used for Anomaly in *Help Wanted.*
* **Burntrap** (/ˈbɜːntræp/) - name of the model used for the Springtrap form William takes at the end of *Security Breach.*

## References

1. ↑ [deleted] (6 December, 2017). Gooftrap = 👌😂👌 SpringScrap = Good Scraptrap = ??? (Comment) – via Reddit.