as a Last Name
- 4,484
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Bill
Meaning & Origins
English and German: from a Germanic personal name, either a short form of compound names such as Billard, or else a byname Bill(a), from Old English bil ‘sword’, ‘halberd’ (or a Continental cognate). (Bill as a short form of William was not used until the 17th century.)
| 6,547th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Bell, Ball, Billings, Billingsley, Bills, Billups, Bello, Bull, Billington, Ballew
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,484
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Hampshire
- has the most people named Bill per capita
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