Gender:
Origin:
English,
German
5237 famous people named Bill found on Wikipedia.
160322 male, 716 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
2664-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
57-th in year 1931
Used in: English
A male given name, form of Terrence or Theodore. A male given name, form of William. A female given name, form of Theresa.
William is a popular given name of old Germanic origin. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." The name's shortened familiar version in English is Bill, Billy, Will, Willy, or Willie. A common Irish form is Liam. Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Willamette, Wilma and Wilhelmina.
"to stroke beaks," as doves do, hence, of lovers, "caress fondly," 1590s, from bill (n.2)). Paired with coo since at least 1764; Century Dictionary [1902] defines bill and coo (by 1768) as "to kiss and caress and talk nonsense, as lovers." Related: Billed; billing.
Nickname for William: resolute protector. Combine of will, desire and helmet protection.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Bill Clinton | 1946 | 42nd President of the United States |
2 | Bill Gates | 1955 | American business magnate and philanthropist |
3 | Bill Paxton | 1955 | American actor, director and film producer |
4 | Bill Murray | 1950 | American actor and comedian |
5 | Bill Goldberg | 1966 | American Professional wrestler, film actor, American football player, and Mixed Martial Arts commentator |
6 | Bill Cosby | 1937 | American actor, comedian, author, producer, musician, activist |
7 | Bill Nye | 1955 | American science educator, comedian, television host, actor, writer, scientist and former mechanical engineer |
8 | Bill Hader | 1978 | American comedian and actor |
9 | Bill Belichick | 1952 | American football coach |
10 | Bill Maher | 1956 | American stand-up comedian |
11 | Bill O'Reilly | 1949 | Political commentator from the United States |
12 | Bill Skarsgård | 1990 | Swedish actor |
13 | Bill Nighy | 1949 | English actor and comedian |
14 | Bill Russell | 1934 | American professional basketball player and coach |
15 | Bill Burr | 1968 | American actor and comedian |
16 | Bill Hudson | 1949 | American musician and actor |
17 | Bill Hicks | 1961 | American comedian |
18 | Bill Pullman | 1953 | American actor |
19 | Bill de Blasio | 1961 | American politician and mayor of New York City |
20 | Bill Walton | 1952 | National Basketball Association player, Broadcaster |
21 | Bill Bixby | 1934 | Actor, film director, comedian |
22 | Bill Withers | 1938 | American singer-songwriter and musician |
23 | Bill Wyman | 1936 | British rock musician, former member of The Rolling Stones |
24 | Bill Bryson | 1951 | American author |
25 | Buffalo Bill | 1949 | Fictional character from The Silence of the Lambs |
26 | Bill Irwin | 1950 | American actor, clown, and comedian |
27 | Bill Parcells | 1941 | American football coach |
28 | Bill Millin | 1922 | Canadian musician |
29 | Bill Nunn | 1953 | American actor |
30 | Bill Werbeniuk | 1947 | Snooker player |
31 | Bill Simmons | 1969 | Sports columnist, author, and podcaster |
32 | Bill Cowher | 1957 | Former American football coach and player |
33 | Bill Evans | 1929 | American jazz pianist |
34 | Bill Ackman | 1966 | American hedge fund manager and investor |
35 | Bill Mumy | 1954 | American actor |
36 | Bill Bailey | 1964 | English comedian, musician, actor, TV and radio presenter and author |
37 | Bill Rancic | 1971 | American businessman |
38 | Bill Ayers | 1944 | Professor and activist |
39 | Bill Bowerman | 1911 | American runner, track and field coach, and businessman |
40 | Bill Watterson | 1958 | American comic artist |
41 | Bill O'Brien | 1969 | American football player and coach |
42 | Bill Koch | 1940 | American businessman and sailor |
43 | Beta Ray Bill | ||
44 | Bill Self | 1962 | American basketball player and coach |
45 | Bill Laimbeer | 1957 | American basketball player |
46 | Bill Medley | 1940 | American singer-songwriter |
47 | Bill Duke | 1943 | American actor and director |
48 | Bill Shorten | 1967 | Australian politician |
49 | Bill Fagerbakke | 1957 | American actor |
50 | Bill Romanowski | 1966 | American football player |
51 | Bill Condon | 1955 | American film director |
52 | Bill Mockridge | 1947 | Canadian actor |
53 | Bill Bradley | 1943 | American politician |
54 | Bill Hemmer | 1964 | Television-news anchor |
55 | Bill Haley | 1925 | Rock and roll music pioneer |
56 | Bill Buckner | 1949 | American baseball player |
57 | Bill Engvall | 1957 | American comedian and actor |
58 | Bill Snyder | 1939 | American college football coach |
59 | Bill Richardson | 1947 | Politician and governor from the United States |
60 | Bill Camp | American actor | |
61 | Bill W. | 1895 | Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous |
62 | Bill Robinson | 1878 | American dancer and actor |
63 | Bill Cullen | 1920 | American game show host |
64 | Bill English | 1961 | New Zealand politician |
65 | Bill Walsh | 1931 | American football coach |
66 | Bill Finger | 1914 | American comic strip and comic book writer |
67 | Bill Shankly | 1913 | Scottish footballer and manager |
68 | Bushwick Bill | 1966 | American rapper |
69 | Bill Kaulitz | 1989 | German singer |
70 | Bill DeMott | 1966 | American professional wrestler |
71 | Bill Daily | 1927 | Actor |
72 | Bill Oddie | 1941 | Actor, writer, composer, musician, comedian, ornithologist, conservationist, television presenter |
73 | Bill Owen | 1914 | British actor |
74 | Bill Cobbs | 1934 | American actor |
75 | Bill McCartney | 1940 | American football player, coach |
76 | Bill Moseley | 1951 | American actor |
77 | Bill Moyers | 1934 | American journalist |
78 | Bill Bellamy | 1965 | Comedian and actor |
79 | Bill Elliott | 1955 | American racecar driver and team owner |
80 | Bill Turnbull | 1956 | BBC Breakfast Presenter |
81 | Bill Maynard | 1928 | Comedian and actor |
82 | Bill Graham | 1931 | American music impresario & promoter |
83 | Bill Bruford | 1949 | English drummer |
84 | Bill Foster | Character from Marvel Comic | |
85 | Bill Paterson | 1945 | Actor |
86 | Bill Kazmaier | 1953 | American professional wrestler |
87 | Bill Walker | 1951 | American attorney and politician |
88 | Bill James | 1949 | American baseball writer and statistician |
89 | Bill Lawrence | 1968 | American screenwriter, producer, and director |
90 | Bill Berry | 1958 | Drummer for R.E.M. |
91 | Bill Gaither | 1936 | American musician |
92 | Bill Nicholson | 1919 | English footballer and manager |
93 | Bill Williams | 1915 | Actor |
94 | Bill Kurtis | 1940 | Television producer |
95 | Bill Pertwee | 1926 | English comedy actor |
96 | Bill Anderson | 1937 | American country music singer and songwriter |
97 | Bill Perkins | ||
98 | Bill Odenkirk | 1965 | Comedy writer |
99 | Bill Tanner | Fictional character in the James Bond film and novel series | |
100 | Bill Haslam | 1958 | Governor of Tennessee |
101 | Bill Monroe | 1911 | American musician |
102 | Bill Gross | 1944 | American finance and investment writer |
103 | Bill McKinney | 1931 | Actor |
104 | Bill Kreutzmann | 1946 | American musician |
105 | Bill Frist | 1952 | Physician, businessman, and politician |
106 | Bill Farmer | 1952 | American actor and comedian (born 1952) |
107 | Bill Macy | 1922 | American actor |
108 | Bill Kenwright | 1945 | British businessman |
109 | Bill Browder | 1964 | American businessman |
110 | Bill Cassidy | 1957 | American politician |
111 | Bill Conti | 1942 | American composer |
112 | Bill Joy | 1954 | American computer scientist |
113 | Pecos Bill | ||
114 | Bill Milner | 1995 | British actor |
115 | Bill Polian | 1942 | American football executive |
116 | Bill Sikes | Fictional character in the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens | |
117 | Bill Morneau | 1962 | |
118 | Bill Whittle | 1959 | Author, director, screenwriter, editor |
119 | Bill Hayes | 1925 | American actor and singer |
120 | Bill Cartwright | 1957 | American basketball player and coach |
121 | Bill Lancaster | 1947 | American screenwriter |
122 | Bill Prady | 1960 | American television writer and producer |
123 | Bill Geist | 1945 | Journalist |
124 | Bill Barilko | 1927 | Canadian ice hockey defenceman |
125 | Bill Melendez | 1916 | Mexican-American animator, film director, film producer |
126 | Bill Bonner | 1948 | American writer |
127 | Bill Travers | 1922 | British activist |
128 | Bill Frisell | 1951 | American musician |
129 | Bill Gothard | 1934 | American christian leader |
130 | Bill Tilden | 1893 | American tennis player |
131 | J. W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr. | 1932 | American businessman |
132 | Bill Smitrovich | 1947 | American actor |
133 | Bill Champlin | 1947 | American musician |
134 | Ill Bill | 1972 | American rapper |
135 | Bill McDermott | 1961 | Businessman |
136 | Bill Mazeroski | 1936 | American baseball player and coach |
137 | Bill Bidwill | 1931 | American sports franchise owner |
138 | Leo Bill | 1980 | British actor |
139 | Bill Raftery | 1943 | American basketball player-coach |
140 | Bill Watts | 1939 | American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter |
141 | Bill McKibben | 1960 | American environmentalist and writer |
142 | Bill Tilghman | 1854 | Law enforcement officer |
143 | Bill Drummond | 1953 | Scottish musician, music industry figure, writer and artist |
144 | Bill Callahan | 1956 | American football coach from the United States |
145 | Bill Hunter | 1940 | Australian actor |
146 | Bill Kelliher | 1971 | American musician |
147 | Bill Musgrave | 1967 | American football player |
148 | Bill Haas | 1982 | Professional golfer |
149 | Bill Sharman | 1926 | American professional basketball player and coach |
150 | Bill Laswell | 1955 | American musician |
151 | Bill Veeck | 1914 | United States baseball executive |
152 | Bill Beaumont | 1952 | RFU chairman |
153 | Bill Lear | 1902 | American businessman and inventor |
154 | Bill Doolin | 1858 | American bandit in the Wild Bunch gang |
155 | Bill Ward | 1967 | English actor |
156 | Bill Thompson | 1913 | American voice actor, born 1913 |
157 | Bill D'Elia | Screenwriter, producer and director from United States of America | |
158 | Bill Danoff | 1946 | American singer-songwriter |
159 | Bill Dickey | 1907 | American baseball player and coach |
160 | Bill Hybels | 1951 | American writer |
161 | Bill Stevenson | 1963 | American musician |
162 | Bill Leak | 1956 | Australian cartoonist |
163 | Bill Black | 1926 | American musician |
164 | Mr. Bill | Fictional character | |
165 | Bill Fernandez | American computer designer | |
166 | William Dudley Haywood | 1869 | Labor organizer |
167 | Bill Clements | 1917 | American businessman, politician and former Governor of Texas |
168 | Bill Weir | 1967 | American television journalist |
169 | Bill Hamid | 1990 | American soccer player |
170 | Bill Curry | 1942 | American college football player, professional football player, college football coach |
171 | Bill Sage | 1962 | American actor |
172 | Bill Cunningham | 1947 | American broadcaster |
173 | Bill Rieflin | 1960 | Drummer |
174 | Bill Dauterive | ||
175 | Bill Johnson | 1951 | Senior Pastor of Bethel Church in Redding, California together with Brenda (Beni) Johnson |
176 | Bill Dundee | 1943 | American professional wrestler |
177 | Bill Ryder-Jones | 1983 | English musician |
178 | Bill Nelson | 1948 | English artist and musician |
179 | Bill Wallace | 1945 | American martial artist |
180 | William Anthony Donohue | 1947 | President of the Catholic League |
181 | Bill Maris | Managing partner at Google Ventures | |
182 | Bill Quinn | 1912 | American actor |
183 | Bill Treacher | 1930 | British actor |
184 | Bill Mauldin | 1921 | American editorial cartoonist |
185 | Bill Shoemaker | 1931 | American jockey |
186 | Bill Mollison | 1928 | Australian permaculturist |
187 | Bill Hickman | 1921 | Film stuntman |
188 | Bill Erwin | 1914 | Character actor |
189 | Bill Payne | 1949 | American musician |
190 | Bill Tuiloma | 1995 | New Zealand footballer |
191 | Bill Dance | 1940 | American fisherman |
192 | Bill Wennington | 1963 | Canadian basketball player |
193 | Bill Viola | 1951 | American video and installation artist |
194 | Bill Pickett | 1870 | American rodeo performer |
195 | Bill Sienkiewicz | 1958 | Writer |
196 | Tony Bill | 1940 | American actor, producer and director |
197 | Bill Masterton | 1938 | Canadian ice hockey player |
198 | Bill Pearl | 1930 | American bodybuilder |
199 | Bill Peduto | 1964 | American politician |
200 | Bill Leonard | 1916 | American journalist and television executive |