"`Billy' is a hypocorism for `William'. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It is what Sidney Baker (The Australian Language) calls a hypocorism, a form ending in - ie, - y, or - ey, or. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 2] Reference
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