PerfectNameFinder

Search by name or by meaning — try peace, brave or sea. Press Enter to see every match.

Your shortlist

Tap the heart on any name to keep it here. Your shortlist stays in this browser, ready when you are.

Start with Name Swipe

Given name & surname · also Czech

Bily

“white”

Bily is a surname from Czech (ultimately Ukrainian).

Original UkrainianБілий

Find names like Bily

Meaning & origin

What it means

Bily goes back to Czech bílý, meaning “white.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Bily comes from Czech, and ultimately from Ukrainian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Bily as a surname developed from Bílý. In English usage, Bily as a surname developed from Білий.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Bily through the years

Babies since 1880
10
10 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1973
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
—
Too few births to compare
01234198020002025Highest share 19730.0
Bily in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1973–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1978. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 419 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Bily’s family of names

In English usage, Bily as a surname developed from the Czech form Bílý. In English usage, Bily as a surname developed from the Ukrainian form Білий.

Walk Bily’s family in the name graph

BilyБілийBílý

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Bily, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Slavic · Royal

Boris

“a warrior; having battle glory”

29RareEasing

>99% boys

Russian

Sacha

“helper and defender of mankind” · “helper and defender of people”

26RareRising

87% boys · 13% girls

Catalan

Romas

Romas is a surname from Ukrainian, ultimately from Catalan. It is used in English and Lithuanian.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Czech · Modern

Janak

“God is gracious”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Ukrainian

Bilyk

Bilyk is a surname from Ukrainian.

No U.S. birth series

—

Polish · Modern

Valek

Valek is a surname from Czech, ultimately from Polish.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Polish

Bilkun

“to mock, ridicule, jeer at”

No U.S. birth series

—

Slavic

Bilous

Bilous is a surname from Ukrainian, ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

No U.S. birth series

—

Sibling ideas

Names that share Bily’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Bily

A sister for Bily