Willy

E17731

given name hypocorism

Willy is a common diminutive form of the given name William, often used as an informal or affectionate nickname.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Willie	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	given name ⓘ hypocorism ⓘ
category	English masculine given names ⓘ Hypocorisms ⓘ
derivesFrom	Germanic given name Willahelm ⓘ
etymologicalComponent	helm (helmet, protection) ⓘ wil (will, desire) ⓘ
genderAssociation	masculine ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
popularity	common as a diminutive of William ⓘ
relatedName	Bill ⓘ Bill ⓘ surface form: Billy Will ⓘ William ⓘ
shortFormOf	William ⓘ
spellingVariant	Willi ⓘ Willie ⓘ
usageType	affectionate ⓘ informal ⓘ
usedAs	nickname ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William → diminutive → Willy ⓘ

Wilhelm → hasDiminutive → Willy ⓘ

Wilhelm → hasShortForm → Willy ⓘ

Willem → hasShortForm → Willy ⓘ

Ladies of the Canyon → hasTrack → Willy ⓘ

Bill → hasVariant → Willy ⓘ

William → hasVariant → Willy ⓘ

Guillermo Vilas → nickName → Willy ⓘ

William Wallace Lincoln → nickname → Willy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Willie

Will → relatedName → Willy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Willie