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Meaning & Origins
Pet form of William, now in favour as an independent name for boys, and also used occasionally for girls.
| 239th in the U.S. for 2011 |
English (especially Yorkshire) and Scottish: occupational name for a fuller, Middle English walkere, Old English wealcere, an agent derivative of wealcan ‘to walk, tread’. This was the regular term for the occupation during the Middle Ages in western and northern England. Compare Fuller and Tucker. As a Scottish surname it has also been used as a translation of Gaelic Mac an Fhucadair ‘son of the fuller’.
| 28th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Bill, Billie, Billye, Billi, Billey, Bille, Billee, Billa, Billlie, Billia
Welker, Walk, Walkup, Wilcher, Walke, Walkowiak, Walko, Welcher, Wilker, Walkley
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