Last name origins & meanings:
- French: habitational name from any of various minor places so
named, for example in Aisne, Côte d’Or, and Nièvre. The place
name is from Romano-Gallic Billiacum, from a Gallic personal
name Billios (Latin Billius) + the locative suffix
-acum.
- English: unexplained. Compare Billey.
- A man named de Billy, from Paris, is documented in Canada in 1665,
and possibly in Quebec city. Documented secondary surnames are
Courville, Léveillé, Verrier, Saint Louis.
This name appears in the following lists:
Child Stars,
Country Stars,
Rock Kings and Queens
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