- 872
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Billet
Meaning & Origins
French and English: 1. from a reduced form of Robillet, itself a pet form of Robert. 2. metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, from a diminutive of Old French bille ‘piece of wood’, ‘stick’ (a word of Gaulish origin). 3. metonymic occupational name for a secretary, from a diminutive of Old French bulle ‘letter’. This sense of billet did not become established until the 15th century, however, rather late for surname formation. 4. Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a banker or money changer, from German Billet ‘note’, ‘banknote’.
| 26,066th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Billings, Billingsley, Bills, Bill, Billups, Billington, Billy, Billman, Biller, Billiot
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 872
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Dakota
- has the most people named Billet per capita
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