Willie

American  

[wil-ee] / ˈwɪl i /

noun

1. a male given name, form of William.

2. a female given name.

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Example Sentences

George Saunders has published five collections of influential and critically lauded short stories, but in 2017 he found a wider readership with “Lincoln in the Bardo,” a novel that inhabits the impressions of ghosts witnessing the passage through the afterlife of Abraham Lincoln’s dead son, Willie.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sunday, June 1, marks the premiere of “Duck Dynasty: The Revival,” centering Duck Commander CEO Willie Robertson as the patriarch in a “guided reality” series about his family’s hunting gear empire.

From Salon

Many draw a comparison to Fairyland’s Willie the Whale and Disneyland’s Monstro at the start of the Storybook Land Canal Boats, as both aim to swallow guests.

From Los Angeles Times

The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, which administers the funds, has received the money and expects to distribute it this year, said agency spokesperson Willie Rudman.

From Los Angeles Times

He had hits with a guy named Roy Orbison and a straightlaced, suit-wearing young man from Texas, Willie Nelson.

From Salon