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[Opinions] Celeb BA - John Stamos (Full House)
He had a son named Billy, named after his father.I have a feeling that these old man nicknames might come back into style. I can imagine seeing lots of boys named Billy, Jimmy etc in the future though I think that most people will use a full name on the birth certificate. Jimmy Kimmel recently had a son named Billy (I think short for William).What do you think?

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I've really been warming up to Billy lately, especially as a nick for William! I think it helps that I had a crush in early middle school (sixth grade and half of seventh) named Billy. lol But yeah, classic! (I may be biased, though, because Uncle Jesse was one of my favorite FH characters lol)
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I love old nicknames like this (but not as full, legal names -- just NNs). Billy, Jimmy, Jamie, Art, Bert, Bernie, etc. -- all good, classic, solid NNs for awesome names (William, James, Arthur, Robert, Bernard). Let's hope they come back.
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You may be right, but I'm of the generation in which every William was a Billy as a child and (most of the time) Bill as an adult, so I can't help thinking it's incredibly boring. And there's something obnoxious about Billy. When my sisters learned that if I had a son, he'd be named William, they begged me not to call him Billy because they "didn't think they could stand it" lol.
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So happy for John that he's finally a father and to a little boy too. I think it's lovely that they named him Billy after John's dad, they were very close. Billy is a name you hear time to time here in Australia, so it doesn't bother me at all. I do like nickname names though, it's not an issue for me.
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Boring... William is okay. Even Willem as well. But Billy just loses all that appeal.
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Ok, but does he know his father's name was William?
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His father is William nn Bill but from what I could find his son is just Billy.
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Yes? Wasn't disputing that.You know how sometimes small children think their parents are named Mommy and Daddy? I'm asking if John Stamos knows that his dad's full name was William.
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I actually really like the name Billy. (-: I love John Stamos too!
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Yes, Kimmel's son is really a William. And his daughter is Jane! Super classic and refreshing for celebrity kids :)
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