BILLY  

Gender: M
Origin: English, diminutive of WILLIAM
Meaning: "resolute protection"

Popularity in 2008: #564

Cute kid with freckles, bouncing a Spalding ball. Cool couple Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton put the name Billy Burton on their son's birth certificate.

Variations:
Billie

Billy is being discussed in our message boards:

• Baby Boy WDYT of the possible names?
• Absurdly Long Baby Name Game=)!!!!!!
• Build a sibling set together!
• Names with four levels of formality
• This got me thinking....

Read Nameberry blog posts about Billy:

• SCOTTISH BABY NAMES: What's 'in' in Inverness?
• TOP ENGLISH BOYS' NAMES
• HOORAY FOR HENRY: The quirky classic that manages to stay cool
• THE UN-WEIRDLY-NAMED STARBABY BOYS
• TOP NAMES OF 2008: Emma and Jacob Rule