Why Is William Called Bill? [Solved]

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Why Is William Called Bill? [Solved]

“William is sometimes shortened to Will too. It is because it was shortened to Will originally, that it became ‘Bill’: Will(iam) > Bill was, in fact, part of a great 13th-14th century trend of swapping some other letter for the original first letter of a name as rhyming slang.

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