Meaning of name Billy

The name Billy has the following meaning:

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

As a baby boy name, Billy is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 426 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Billy fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 24 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 589 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Billy in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Billy is very likely a(n) English variant of the name William. See other suggested English baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name William.

The following names are baby names related to Billy and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Billy: Boys - Ludwig, Wilson, Girls - Hildegard, Loyce, Matilda, Olga, Both genders - Ida

The name Billy is a variant of William. Other popular variants of the name William are: Billie (English), Billy (English), Guglielmo, Guillamume, Guillermo (Spanish), Liam (Irish), Vilhelm, Villem, Wileck, Wilek, Wilhelm, Wilhelmus, Wilkes, Wilkie, Wilkinson, Will (English), Willem, Willhelmus, Williamon, Williams, Williamson, Willie (English), Willis, Willkie, Wills, Willson, Wilmod, Wilmodd, Wilmot, Wilmott, Wilson (German), Wim

We think the name Billy should fall under the following style category: Everlasting.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Billy to be: Serious, conservative and intelligent

In one word, you might describe Billy as a(n) "conservative" person.

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