Billie Eilish is famous, but she did not like her name when she was young.

Famous singer Billie Eilish talked to her friends for a magazine. One friend asked her if she was embarrassed by her name.

"When I was young, I did not like my name. People said 'Billie is a boy's name'. I wanted a girl's name, like Violet."

But now the singer likes her name Billie very much, and her many fans like it too.

My name is Billie. I like my name a lot. It feels like the best name for me.

She said her name is from her grandpa, William.

The first Billie I knew was Billie Piper from Doctor Who. I liked Doctor Who a lot. I was very happy about it. But I was also a little angry. I thought, "Why do they say my name but mean another person?"

Many famous people have the name Billie. For example, Billie Jean King, Billie Holiday, and Billie Joe Armstrong.