Billiam

English Etymology en Bill William. Proper noun en male _or nickname. en 1896 Samuel Rutherford Crockett Billiam Pearson’s Magazine London Cyril Arthur Pearson,“Pearson’s Magazine” Office, Henrietta Street, London, W.C. 134 https://archive.org/details/PearsonsMagazine1896aVol.IJan-jun/page/n141/mode/1up 1 1761986 His real name was William, with something very distinguished after it. Yet nobody thought of calling him anything but Billiam—except only the squire when, as at present, Billiam and he differed in opinion. Then he said, “William Reginald Setoun Ormithwaite, will you dare to disobey your father?” And Billiam hung his head, for he knew that a day was coming when he would. At school he had been called Billiam, for the reason that a “Yorker” is called a “Yorker,” because it was obvious that he could be called nothing else. 28 February 2004 Marc Santora; Thomas Crampton Same-Sex Weddings In Upstate Village Test New York Law https://web.archive.org/web/20150528065044/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/28/nyregion/same-sex-weddings-in-upstate-village-test-new-york-law.html?pagewanted=2 Shortly after midday, Billiam van Roestenberg and Jeffrey S. McGowan became the first gay couple to partake in the ceremony. 17 March 2005 Caroline Sullivan Billy Idol, Devil's Playground https://web.archive.org/web/20140918021124/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/mar/18/popandrock.shopping1 There's no discernible difference between Sir Billiam Idol, as Smash Hits christened this "punk" peacock in the 1980s, and Billy Fucking Idol, as his new record company has it. en 2015 Bill Hoard; Ben Y. Faroe Hubris Towers Season 1, Episode 1: An Uneasy Interview https://books.google.com/books?id=2jtxCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT21 Clickworks Press 978-1-943383-01-6 “What’s your name?” “Billiam, sir.” “Billiam?” “Yes, Mr. Acorn. Really it’s Bill, sir, but they call me Billiam around here, sir.” “Do you prefer Billiam?” “Yes, Mr. Acorn. That’s why they call me Billiam, Mr. Acorn.”