What could be shortened to Billie?

Small dilemma over here in Teni territory... I've gone off our chosen girls' name! So I'm revisiting the idea of honouring my uncle (who died last year) by naming this potential girl Billie. My dad's been calling the baby "Little Bill" from the beginning anyway, not realising it was in the running at the start before we chose this other name, so he'd be happy. Our boy middle name is William for the same reasons.

Trouble is, I see Billie as more of a nickname than a full first name but can't think of any names I like which can be shortened to it! Can you help me out? DH already suggested Bilijana, but that's one of those names with bad memories attached for me.

After all this, I'm sure we'll either settle on Billie or go back to our original name anyway, but I may as well ask :)

As in, Billie Piper? ;) Name her Rose!

Belinda
Wilma
Wilhelmina
Sybilla
Sybil
Billie-Jean

My friend Belinda gets called Billie... I never understood the connection and nor does she, it's just stuck!

Annabelle

Belinda
Sybilla

I like Billie as a first name. In the male version, Bill or Billie is often a nickname for William as you probably know so maybe Willa, Wilhelmina, Willow, Willia, Willis, Wilma.

Otherwise, Brigitte (lots of spelling options), Bella, Belle, Beatrice.

Or a hyphenated name like Billie-May, Billie-Ann etc.

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As in, Billie Piper? ;) Name her Rose!

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Right in one :lol: I even tried looking up what she's shortened it from, but it turns out her birth name was Leian, and her parents changed it to Billie when she was a few months old.

Thanks for the suggestions so far, there's quite a few here I hadn't thought of :)

My nannas best friend was named Lillian, but forever called Billie. It was actually a surprise at her funeral for most of us to find out her 'real' name! :)

Belinda was the first name that came to mind for me as well.

Unfortunately Belinda's a definite no. We both went to school with a multitude of Belindas, plus my cousin's daughter is a Belinda and there's no way known I'd want to copy any idea of hers. It's hard enough just being related to the two of them :p

My sister's name is Billie, that's her full first name, it was never shortened from another name. It comes from the name Wilhelmina (I guess the female version of William). TBH she hated her name growing up, but appreciates it now she's older. I personally love it :D.

Arabella
Christobel/Christobelle
Isabelle/Isobel

I like the Lillian suggestion.

Bellita
Bellona
Bianca
Belarosa
Mabel/Maybelle

Billie-Rose
Sybilla

I've always loved Billie/Billy for a girl...never used it though, I think it'd be a bit too rhymey with my own name.

Do you ever call Amelia Millie though? I wouldn't want to have a Millie and Billie.

A friend has a Billie full name Sybilla.

I went to school with a Bilijana who was called Billie.

You already had that :doh:

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Do you ever call Amelia Millie though? I wouldn't want to have a Millie and Billie.

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Most of the time she gets Milly more than Amelia :lol: But I don't mind rhyming nicknames (or one nickname, one full name, as may happen) so it's not an issue for me :)

Crazy out of the box thinking. ..but can you name her officially something random but still just call her billie. Ypu know Spocks real name, she very rarely get it, she gets called lou most of the time which is a fair bit different to her real name.

That doesn't help you when picking a name tho =p

Similar to TT40, I know a girl named N.icole who gets called Lu/Lulu because her middle name is L.ouise.

You can call her what you like really, if Billie is in honour of your Uncle and you really want it, I say do whatever to call her that - officially or as a nickname. That said, I really like the Lillian option.

I should mention that Uncle Bill's name wasn't even Bill or William :lol: His middle name was William, and he started going by Bill because he haaaaaaated his real first name. If anyone ever dared call him that or a derivative of it, they would get the death stare. So of course my dad and their brothers would do it to rule him up :rofl: So it's feasible we could just call her Billie without her name being remotely related. But I'd prefer if it was ;)

What about something connected to his real first name then??

Bilijana (pronounced Billie-Anh-ah) Its French *I think* :)
And we also have a Millie & Billie (girl/boy twins) at 3 yr old kindy, how spun out! :)

Could you do the same thing as your uncle and use Billie as the middle name?

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Could you do the same thing as your uncle and use Billie as the middle name?

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You know, until you said this, I'd forgotten that I suggested that to DH a few weeks ago when I started thinking I wasn't keen on our original name :redface: It does sound better that way around, too...

Wilhelmina

Or Princess Consuieilla Peepee Bananahammock III.

Either or.

Wilhelmina means "willing to protect" or "firm defender". So when she's grown up she can be a defence attorney.

Ace.

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Crazy out of the box thinking. ..but can you name her officially something random but still just call her billie. Ypu know Spocks real name, she very rarely get it, she gets called lou most of the time which is a fair bit different to her real name.

That doesn't help you when picking a name tho =p

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This is the same our DS2. He is a Will.iam but we call him L.iam for short. While it's a legit nickname We still get asked if it's one or the other..

Good luck with finding a name! Pity Belinda is out.. :)