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Billy

boy name · Germanic origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

diminutive of William, 'resolute protector'

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1930s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Billy peaked in the 1930s.

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