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Usually for girls it's spelled Billie, as in Billie Holiday the jazz singer and actresses Billie Whitelaw and Billie Burke.

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Any feminine forms of William work well, like Wilhelmina ("willa-MEE-nuh") or Willa. Others:

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Belinda (We just had Belinda, nn Billie, in a thread yesterday. It belonged to a real little girl.)
Bilhah
Sibyl / Sibylla ("si-BILL-uh")
Annabel
Belphoebe
Cybele ("SIB-uh-lee")
Jubilee
Belen ("beh-LEN")
Abigail
Bertille (French feminine form of Bertil)
Mabel
Bithia
Arabella
Beryl
Blathnat / Blaithin ("BLAH-nut" / "blah-HEEN")(= little flower)
Christabel
Bidelia (although this is, in itself, a nn for Bridget)

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I know a lot of these have "bel" rather than "bil" in them. But to me nns are the place to get creative and whimsical. Could any of these work for you? Thanks.

This message was edited 6/15/2010, 6:50 PM