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Bill
Name origin: English and German Name meaning: from a Germanic personal name, either a
short form of compound names such as Billard, or else a byname
Bill(a), from Old English bil ‘sword’, ‘halberd’ (or a
Continental cognate). (Bill as a short form of William
was not used until the 17th century.)
Pickett
Name origin: English Name meaning: from the Middle English, Old French personal name
Picot, Pigot, a pet form of Pic (see Pike
6). In Middle English, the form Piket (Old French
Picquet) was also common.
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