Billie is a unisex given name. It is a variant spelling of Billy, an English nickname for William and its masculine and feminine variants. It has also been used as a feminine nickname for etymologically unrelated names such as Lillian. Both Billie and Billy are often also used as independent given names. The spelling Billie has recently become primarily feminine in use, while the spelling Billy is more commonly used for males.
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Usage
Billie has been in use as an independent name for both American girls and boys since the 19th century. The name was among the 1,000 most commonly used names for both sexes between the 1880s and the 1980s. It has been more commonly used for American girls since the early 1990s. The name has also been commonly used for girls in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Ireland, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
Women
Billie Allen (1925-2015), American actress
Billie Anthony (1932-1991), Scottish singer
Billie Barry (1921-2014), Irish singer, dancer and choreographer
Billie Bennett (1874-1951), American film actress
Billie Bird (1908-2002), American actress and comedian
Billie Black (born c. 1994-95), British singer
Billie Blair, American former model
Billie Boullet (born 2005), British actress
Billie Breaux (born 1936), American politician
Billie Brockwell (1875-1949), American actress and scriptwriter
Billie Burke (1884-1970), American actress
Billie Cross, Canadian politician
Billie Davies (born 1955), American jazz drummer and composer
Billie Davis (born 1945), English singer
Billie Dove (1903–1997), American actress
Billie Eilish (born 2001), American singer-songwriter
Billie J. Farrell (born c. 1982-83), American US Navy captain
Billie Fleming (1914–2014), British long-distance cycling record-holder
Billie Frechette (1907–1969), American Métis singer, waitress, convict, and lecturer known for her relationship with the bank robber John Dillinger
Billie Fulford (1914-1987), New Zealand cricketer
Billie Geter Thomas (1902–1962), American educator
Billie Godfrey, English singer
Billie Hayes (1924-2021), American television, film, and stage actress
Billie Heller (1928-2018), American activist
Billie Holiday (1915–1959), American jazz singer
Billie Jean Horton (born 1933), American former country-music singer-songwriter and music promoter
Billie Irwin (born 1942), New Zealand former netball player
Billie-Jo Jenkins (1983-1997), English murder victim
Billie Kay (born 1989), Australian professional wrestler
Billie Jean King (born 1943), American professional tennis player and gender equality advocate
Billie Letts (1938-2014), American novelist and educator
Billie Livingston (born 1965), Canadian novelist and short story writer
Billie Lourd (born 1992), American actress
Billie Love (1923-2012), British actress and photographer.
Billie Ray Martin, German singer and songwriter
Billie Massey (born 2000), Belgian basketball player
Billie McBride (1927-2017), American rodeo competitor
Billie McKay (born 1991), Australian cook, known for winning the seventh and fourteenth series of MasterChef Australia
Billie Melman, Israeli academic
Billie Miller (born 1944), Barbadian politician
Billie Moore (1943–2022), American basketball coach
Billie Myers (born 1971), British rock singer and songwriter
Billie Nipper (1929-2016), American artist
Billie Orr, American advocate for political and education reform
Billie Pierce (1907-1974), American jazz pianist and singer
Billie Piper (born 1982), British singer and actress, who first recorded under the name Billie
Billie Pitcheneder (1916–2002), Australian community worker
Billie Poole (1929-2005), American jazz and blues singer
Billie JD Porter (born 1992), British journalist, model and documentary filmmaker
Billie Rhodes (1894-1988), American actress
Billie Mae Richards (1921-2010), Canadian actress
Billie Samuel (1907-1995), American-born Australian cyclist
Billie Seward (1912-1982), American actress
Billie Shepherd (born 1990), British television personality
Billie Simpson (born 1992), Northern Irish footballer
Billie-Jo Smith (born c. 1998), English professional golfer
Billie Sørum (born 1948), Norwegian former curler.
Billie Jo Spears (1937–2011), American country music singer
Billie J. Swalla, American scientist and academic
Billie Tapscott (1903-1970), South African female tennis player
Billie Jean Theide (born 1956), American sculptor and goldsmith
Billie Untermann (1906-1973), American geologist
Billie Lou Watt (1924-2001). American actress
Billie Whitelaw (1932-2014), British actress
Billie Worth (1916-2016), American actress
Billie Yorke (1910-2000), British tennis player
Men
Billie Joe Armstrong (born 1972), American singer and guitarist for the band Green Day
Billie Dawe (1924-2013), Canadian amateur ice hockey player and Olympian
Billie Sol Estes (1925-2013), American businessman and financier
Billie Gillespie (1873-1942), Scottish footballer
Billie D. Harris (1922-1944), American World War II fighter pilot
Billie Harvey (1950-2007), American racing driver
Billie Matthews (1930-2001), American football coach
Billie Palmes (1884-1961), English international polo player
Billie Ritchie (1874-1921), Scottish comedian
Billie Smedts (born 1992), former professional Australian rules footballer
Billie Sutton (born 1984), American former professional bronc rider and politician
Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas (1931-1980), American child actor best remembered for portraying the character of Buckwheat in the Our Gang (Little Rascals) short films from 1934 until the series' end in 1944
Billie Lee Turner (1925-2020), American botanist and academic and father of Billie Lee Turner II
Billie Lee Turner II (born 1945), American geographer and human-environmental scientist and son of Billie Lee Turner