| [ 2 syll. bil-lie, bi-ll-ie ] The girl name Billie is also used as a boy name, though it is more often a girl name. It is pronounced BIHLiy KEY. Billie is of Germanic origin and it is used mainly in English. Billie is a pet form of the Dutch and German Wilhelmina. Billie is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1930, 0.278% of baby girls were named Billie. It was #79 in rank then. The baby name has markedly slipped in popularity since then, and is currently of only irregular use. Out of all girl names in its family, Billie was nevertheless the most frequently used in 2007. Billie has in the last century been primarily given to girls. In 1984, 5 times more girls than boys were given the name Billie. Baby names that sound like Billie include the English Bailee, the English Bailei, the English Baileigh, the English Bailey, the English Bailie, the English Bailley, the English Baillie, the English Bailly, the English Baily, the English Baleigh, the English Bali, the English Bayla, the English Baylee, the English Bayleigh, the English Baylie, the English Bayly, the English Beaulah, the Czech Bela, the English, German, and Italian Bella, the English Beula, the English Beulah, the English Bulah, the English Bel, the English and French Belle, and the English Bevalee. KEY: Pronunciation for Billie: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
Details of famous persons named Billie: Jazz Singer Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan 7 April 1915 - 17 July 1959, Baltimore, Maryland. Tennis Player Billie Jean King, born Billie Jean Moffit 22 November 1943, Long Beach, California. |