How to write “Billy or Billie” in Korean
빌리 bil-li
What Korean friends call you
- 빌리야 bil-li-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 빌리 씨 bil-li-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Billy
- 빌리 150 (100%)
Korean labels of 150 people named Billy on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Billy or Billie, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Billie Holiday — 빌리 홀리데이
- Billy Wilder — 빌리 와일더
- Billie Jean King — 빌리 진 킹
- Billie Joe Armstrong — 빌리 조 암스트롱
125,126 babies were named Billy in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 365th most common name.
Block by block
- 빌 = ㅂ + ㅣ + ㄹ · 8 strokes
Also in 빌: Bill 빌
- 리 = ㄹ + ㅣ · 4 strokes
Also in 리: Emily 에밀리 · Christopher 크리스토퍼 · William 윌리엄
빌리 takes 12 strokes in all.
More names: Sherry 셰리 · Calvin 캘빈 · Chris 크리스 · Joe 조 · Bobby 보비
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