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Billie (M)>

Billie (male)

Can be spelt:Billy (M)
Feminine form:Billie (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

English pet name for William from Old German "helmet of resolution".

This spelling is now mainly used for girls and can be a given name, especially in Scotland and Ireland.  The masculine spelling is generally, but not exclusively, Billy.