Billy
Pronunciation: BIL-lee (key)
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Origin of the name Billie:
Feminine form of Billy, a pet form of William (resolute protector).
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Can be given as a name on its own, or as a nickname for Wilhelmina or Willa.
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Billy was the nickname given to author Virginia Woolf by her sister, artist Vanessa Bell.
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Billy Winthrop Orsini, heroine of Judith Krantz' groundbreaking sex-and-shopping novel "Scruples". Her full first name was Wilhelmina.
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