Bill

Used in: 3 countries

Hypocorism of William. It is unclear how the initial W became a B; this could have been part of the medieval trend of swapping letters, similar to Dick for Rick.

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

Billu Derived from Bill
Billz Derived from Bill
Bills Derived from Bill
Billa Derived from Bill
Billi Derived from Bill
Billo Derived from Bill
Bille Derived from Bill
Billy Derived from Bill

Popularity by Country

Bill

Rank #2961

ONS + GRO (merged) ↗

Bill

Rank #4994

Frequency 6,445 people (2.39 per 100k)

Ethnic Distribution

White 75.25% Hispanic 4.31% Black 12.12% Asian/PI 1.3% Native Am. 5.26% Two+ 1.75%

U.S. Census Bureau Surnames ↗

Bill

Rank #29945

INSEE Death Records 1970-2024 ↗

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