What does Billy mean?

Definitions for Billy
ˈbɪl i; -ˌkænbil·ly

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Billy.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy clubnoun

    a short stout club used primarily by policemen

  2. billy, billy goat, he-goatnoun

    male goat

Wiktionary

  1. billynoun

    A billy club.

  2. billynoun

    A billy goat.

  3. billynoun

    A good friend.

    You Spin me right round! billy boy!

  4. billynoun

    A tin used by bushmen to boil tea, a billypot.

  5. billynoun

    A billycan.

    Let's get the billy and cook some beans.

  6. billynoun

    A condom (From the E-Rotic song "Willy, Use A Billy...Boy")

  7. Billynoun

    A diminutive of the male given name William.

  8. Billynoun

    The B-25 twin-engine bomber aircraft used during World War Two, commonly called the "B-25 Mitchell" in honor of U.S. Army General William "Billy" Mitchell.

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Wikipedia

  1. Billy

    Billy, also known as "Billy (I Always Dream of Bill)" is a song with words by Joe Goodwin and music by James Kendis and Herman Paley, written in 1911. In 1950 it was performed by Betty Grable in the film Wabash Avenue. The most successful version of the song was performed by Kathy Linden. It reached #7 on the Billboard pop chart in 1958. The song was featured on her 1958 album, That Certain Boy. The song features the Joe Leahy Orchestra. The single ranked #90 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1958.

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  1. billy

    "Billy" most commonly refers to a male given name that is often used as a diminutive form of William. It has multiple connotations depending on the context. For example, in certain cultures, a "billy" refers to a male goat. In Australian slang, it is a metal container used to boil water over a campfire. In British slang, a "billy" or "billy club" is a weapon used by law enforcement. Always consider cultural and situational context when interpreting this term.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Billynoun

    a club; esp., a policeman's club

  2. Billynoun

    a slubbing or roving machine

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Billy

    Billie, bil′i, n. a comrade, a companion-in-arms: an Australian bushman's boiling-pan or tea-pot:—pl. Bill′ies.—n. Bill′y-goat, a he-goat. [Prob. from Bill, a familiar abbrev. of William.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BILLY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Billy is ranked #9027 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Billy surname appeared 3,621 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Billy.

    40.9% or 1,482 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    36.4% or 1,321 total occurrences were White.
    13.9% or 505 total occurrences were Black.
    3.4% or 125 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.6% or 95 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.5% or 93 total occurrences were Asian.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Billy' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4446

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Billy' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2697

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Billy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Billy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Billy in a Sentence

  1. Dan LaBerge:

    Still, states like New Hampshire and others tend to see a bump in hotel stays and other areas, according to industry estimates and accounts on the ground. I am sure this is typical of the primary season, but we did see a spike in business and it has stuck around for a little while after, Alexandra Horton, owner of Cafe La Reine in Manchester, New Hampshire, told FoxNews.com. I would say that overall the primary season is good for downtown Manchester and all of the local businesses to gain national exposure, Alexandra Horton said. Dan LaBerge, manager at Billy’s Sports Bar Grillin Manchester, told FoxNews.com they saw between a 5-10 percent increase in business, though businesses in downtown Manchester had a bigger boost. We get a lot of people from Washington D.C. here, it often ends up being actual campaign workers -- we did a buffet for the Hillary campaign, so it’s really a mix. You get a lot of people from out of town, people they ship in.

  2. Russell Moore:

    My earliest memories are watching Billy Graham preach on television as a very small child. I remember being struck as a child with the gravity with which he took the Gospel. That continued with me for the rest of my life, when I met Dr. Billy Graham, that same sense of weightiness of the Gospel was evident in him personally – just as it was in public.

  3. Jason Lewis:

    This is such a boon to lawyers everywhere, they can sue school districts for not preventing Billy from teasing Susie.

  4. Jimmy Carter:

    Rosalynn and I are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Billy Graham.

  5. Sajid Javid:

    Cases like Billy's ... and others like him have shown that we now need to look more closely at the use of cannabis-based medicines in the healthcare sector in the UK.

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