Willie

name

Etymology: Etymology tree English Will Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y ▲ Scots -ieinflu. English -ie English Willie From Will + -ie.

1. A diminutive of the male given name William.

   “Well agreed, Willie; then sit thee down, swain; Such a song never heardest thou but Colin sing.”

   “Not one of his old friends but had been taken to task, in Willie's familiar note of boyish plaintiveness: "Why don't you call me by my own name? I never did like 'Willie' - 'William' isn't so bad. But the other sounds like pinafores and bed sheets."”

2. A diminutive of the female given name Wilhelmina or a feminine diminutive of William, often in the form Willie Mae.

   “Most of the names sounded white. There was Willie Mae Jones, Leroy Washington, Roosevelt Tucker, Bessie Lou Bean, and a few other black names. But the list looked awfully pale.”

noun

1. Alternative spelling of willy