The surprisingly girlie name πBillie is originally a boy's name, the variant of πBilly (which is a diminutive of πBill that originates from the name πWilliam) — Behind the Name breaks down.
Nameberry says Billie is of English origin meaning "resolute protection." Billie is a "tomboy nickname name, part of the growing trend for using boyish nicknames for girls. To track its path from blue to pink, Billie was 100% male in 1880, was 55% female just a decade later, in the girls' Top 100 by 1928, and is now overwhelmingly female," Nameberry explains. Billie is #694 on the Most Popular Baby Names of 2024 list. The most Billies reside in πTexas and πOklahoma.
I like the name πBillie for a girl, it's cute enough but... I like it way more when it's combined with a second name a la: πJean, πAnn/Anne etc. The second name gives it that oomph ππΎ and makes it just a bit more feminine. π
ππNameberryπ Forums on πBillie: ➡π€WDYT: Billie & πName Billie for a girl? πΆπ
ππReddit πnamenerds π Community Thread: ➡"Thoughts on Billie as a girl's name?" πΆππ
⭐FAMOUS & πNOTEWORTHY πBILLIES:
πBillie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan) π€ (jazz singer)
πBillie Jean πΌ (woman sung about in the song Billie Jean by Michael Jackson)
πBillie Jean King πΎ (tennis player)
πBillie Eilish π€(singer)
πBillie Piper π€/π₯ (singer & actress)
πBillie Burke (born Mary William) π₯ (actress who played π§♀️✨Glinda in the original The Wizard of Oz)
πBillie Lourd π₯ (actress & daughter of actress Carrie Fisher of πStar Wars)
πBillie Dane (daughter of actor Eric Dane & actress Rebecca Gayheart)
πSTATS ON THE NAME πBillie:
https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/B/BI/BILLIE/index.html
☔πIRN RATING OF πBillie: π OR ππππππππ/ 10