Billy Family History
Billy Name Meaning
French and Walloon: habitational name from Billy the name of several places mainly in the northern part of France. The placename is from Gallo-Roman Billiacum from the Gallic personal name Billios (from Latin Billius) + the locative suffix -acum. English: habitational name from any of several places called Billy such as Billy Row in Brancepeth (Durham) or Billy Farm in Somerset. English: from the Middle English female personal name Billy a pet form of Mabel or Sibyl. Slovak and Czech (Billý): probably a variant of Bilý (see Bily ). Native American (Navajo): variant of Billie 1 which can be of Navajo origin meaning literally ‘his horse’ or an adoption of the English personal name Billy (see 6 below). Compare Billey 5 and Billie Native American (e.g. Choctaw): adoption of the English personal name Billy (pet form of William ) as a surname. Compare Billey 6 and Billie
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022