"Sunday name" for Billie?

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We like Billie for a girl but what would her "Sunday" name be?

There is Wilhelmina or Wilma but can't say I'm too keen. Would Belinda work? Any ideas?

Oh, I forgot about Billie Piper...I think that might be the end of the road for Billie then! We do have other names that we like.

re. Sunday names - I am up north and I am very old fashioned :)

Sybille is lovely.

But I think Billie can be a standalone name like Lillie. If you like it, just use Billie.

Just google, Billie's name is Lianne.

Gotta have a "sunday name" if you want to to name your child a nickname really. Billie isn't a bad "all rounder" as a name but if they end up in aserious profession they might want a more appropriate name eg

Posy as per the previous thread "Judge Posy Shufflebottom" is just rubbish but "judge Josephine Shufflebottom" might want to swap the shufflebottom by marrying appropriately but is otherwise fine!

You "define" your child if you aren't careful too little "gracie-Mai" is lovely for a ballet dancer but if you actually want to be a biker with a career in mechanical engineering you might rather your parents had at least called you "grace" so you can now be known at "gray" or similar.

Lots of billies out there

Billie Pipers real name is Lianne
Billie Holidays real name is Eleanora (she took her name from Billie Dove an Actress)
Billie Doves real name was Bertha Bohny

Billie Whitelaw the actress this is her birth name with the middle name Honor.

I like it by itself but I would go for Belinda or Willa

Willa being the top or you could always spell it Billinda.

I like Eleanora as a Sunday name. That would be great for shouting :) Might give Bertha a swerve though...

Not a big enough My Bloody Valentine fan to have a Bilinda! Thanks for all the replies, even if we don't go for Billie/Willow maybe someone else will be inspired by the thread?

Isabel would be perfect. Billie is a perfectly reasonable shortening. I entirely agree with everything Theas18 said.