Billy

billy English Alternative forms en Billie Etymology Diminutive and pet-form; from en Bill -y diminutive. Pronunciation en /ˈbɪli/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Billy.wav Southern England en ɪli 2 en Billie billy Proper noun s ies en male William. en 1967 w:Barbara Sleigh w:Jessamy 1993 Sevenoaks, Kent Bloomsbury 0 340 19547 9 98 “By the way,” Jessamy went on, “what’s your other name? You never told me.” “Stubbs,” said Billy, “William Stubbs!”. en w:Robert Reich Why Trump built a staff of incompetent sycophants w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/25/trump-staff-incompetent-sycophants 2025-08-25 Then there’s Billy Long, a former auctioneer and Republican congressman who Trump nominated and was confirmed less than two months ago to head the Internal Revenue Service, with “little background in tax policy beyond promoting a fraud-riddled tax credit”. Long has already been fired after clashing with the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent. Long was the sixth person to head the IRS this year. https://web.archive.org/web/20250825123306/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/25/trump-staff-incompetent-sycophants en US nickname The B-25 twin-engine bomber aircraft used during World War Two, commonly called the "B-25 Mitchell" in honor of U.S. Army General William "Billy" Mitchell. 2003 Bradley, James Flyboys. New York: Little, Brown and Company. Ch 7: Just then a squadron of "Billys" -- twin-engined B-25 Mitchell land-based bombers -- flew overhead [...]. Derived terms en Billy Big Balls billy goat Bashful Billy Billy Boy Billy Webb Billy Wigglestick Billy no mates King Billy<ll:Australia> Silly Billy Billy Dee Billy Pugh puffing Billy Billy bollocks Billster Billygate Billyish Billyjean Billy Big Bollocks Billys Creek Translations a diminutive of the male given name William Bill Greek: el Μπίλι transliteration from English Polish: pl Wil m, pl Wili m, pl Wilem m, pl Wilhelmek m, pl Wilmek m, pl Wim m, pl Wilm m, pl Helmek m, pl Helm m, pl Hel m, pl Helek m Russian: ru Би́лли m William See also en Billie Further reading en diminutives of male given names Cebuano Etymology ceb :der en:Billy + 1 Proper noun ceb noun ceb male English Swedish Etymology From sv en Billy. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Billy.wav Proper noun c sv male borrowed from English