Billy is short for.....

[autumnmoon]

Besides William, what other names can Billy be a nn for?

We're contemplating the name Billy and want the option of a longer fullname but can't use William.

thanks :)

Wilbur

Tbh I would use Billy on the BC if that was the name I was going to use day to day, but I have a DC who has a 'shortening' as their official name.

Billiam
Bilbur
Bilfred
Honestly, it's short for William and that's it. I don't think it even works for Wilbur and if you don't ever intend to use Wilbur there would be no point.

William.

That's it. If you like Billy just use that.

Exactly - William and nothing else except maybe Bilbo, and I hope no one would call their son that

Wilhelm :o

No? :o

Just William.

Thanks. The idea is that we would also use the long name and not just have it on the birth certificate.... I was just wondering if there were any other options besides William but agree, others may be a bit of a long stretch.

Bilbo

Couldnt you just say "This is Billy" to everyone and (if you must) register him as William?

Willum?

You could put William on his BC but call him Billy and not tell anyone about it?

(i wanted to put Billy is short for having little legs....)

I know a Bill who is a Wilfred.

You could actually give him any name you like and still call him Billy as a nick name.

My nephew (adult) is almost universally known as Fred. That's what his Mum and dad called "the bump", he has an official name that is nothing like Fred Keith but I'm not sure that anyone ever uses it as he prefers Fred. :)

Billington?

Or Bilius, as in Ronald Bilius Weasley?

Agree with OneMagnum. My late uncle was always known as Bill, even though his actual name, that he used on his bank account etc., was something quite different.

If William has horrible negative associations for you, or your surname is Williams, then I can understand not wanting to use it. But if it's that there's already a William in the family, I don't see why you can't use it too. In the past when everyone was named after parents and grandparents there would often be cousins with the same name.

In the past when everyone was named after parents and grandparents there would often be cousins with the same name

Totally agree with that. Amongst my cousins there are many shared names - an aunt named her two sons the same as two of my brothers and another Uncle had a daughter the same name as one of my sisters and there are others. Then when you get married you end up with all sorts of shared names. Amongst other duplicates, my kids have 3 uncle Alans :)

I have a William but we always call him Billy :)

But if your surname was Williams, would you want a Billy Williams? And isn't that the evil butcher in the Mr Gum books?

Billy is short for William, and that's pretty much it. If you can't bear William, call him Billy and nothing else, but I'd put William on the birth certificate and then just always use Billy.

Basil, Blakeley?