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Billie
Gender: Masculine and Feminine
Language: English
Etymology:
Billie is a diminutive for Bill, an English diminutive of William, the English form of a Germanic name Wilhelm, or Willahelm. Originally it meant Resolute, or Will, Helmet or Protection.
History:
Billy is thought to be an Irish diminutive. King William III was known as King Billy in Ireland, in one of the first noted instances. Billie, when masculine, is another form of Billy.
Spelled with an ie, however, it is usually thought of as a feminine form of Billy.
Please see William for more information.
Pronunciation: bill-ee.
Famous Bearers:
Miscellaneous:
Billie Jean King (f. 1943-)
American tennis player.
Singers and Entertainers:
Billie Burke (Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke) (f. 1885-1970)
American actress. Nicknamed after her father, Billy Burke.
Billie Dove (Lillian Bohny) (f. 1903-1997)
American actress.
Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan) (f., 1915-1959)
American jazz singer of the thirties, forties, and fifties. Named herself after Billie Dove.
Billie Whitelaw (f. 1932-)
British actress.
Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census, for males:
0.017 % named Billie
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census, for females:
0.069 % named Billie
Popularity of Billie, for males:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1910: 924th most popular.
1910-1920: 449th most popular.
1920-1930: 174th most popular.
1930-1940: 169th most popular.
1940-1950: 166th most popular.
1950-1960: 505th most popular.
1960-1970: 573rd most popular.
1970-1980: 745th most popular.
1980-2000: N/A
Popularity of Billie, for females:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1910: 403rd most popular.
1910-1920: 260th most popular.
1920-1930: 144th most popular.
1930-1940: 117th most popular.
1940-1950: 336th most popular.
1950-1960: 259th most popular.
1960-1970: 332nd most popular.
1970-1980: 261st most popular.
1980-1990: 473rd most popular.
1990: 879th most popular.
1991: 960th most popular.
1992: 946th most popular.
1993: 928th most popular.
1994: 870th most popular.
1995: 887th most popular.
1996: 975th most popular.
1997: 964th most popular.
1998: 1000th most popular.
1999: N/A
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