Williams vs Willie

Williams

name
  • An English surname originating as a patronymic of common usage in Wales and England. 

  • A city in Minnesota; named for early settlers William Mason and George Williams. 

  • A river in Vermont; named for Puritan minister John Williams. 

  • A town in Western Australia; named for the nearby Williams River. 

  • A river in New South Wales. 

  • A river in Western Australia; probably named for William IV of the United Kingdom. 

  • A ghost town in Nebraska; named for the founders' son, William. 

  • A city in Arizona; named for frontiersman Old Bill Williams. 

  • A river in Oregon. 

  • A city in Iowa. 

  • An Irish surname originating as a patronymic, an adopted anglicization of Mac Uilliam (McWilliam) 

  • A river in West Virginia. 

  • A census-designated place in Josephine County, Oregon; named for nearby Williams Creek, itself for Army Captain Robert Williams. 

  • An unincorporated community in Modoc County, California. 

  • An unincorporated community in Adams County, Indiana. 

  • A town in South Carolina. 

  • A city in Colusa County, California; named for early resident W. H. Williams. 

  • A census-designated place in Lawrence County, Indiana; named for postmaster Byrd E. Williams. 

Willie

name
  • A diminutive of the male given name William 

  • A diminutive of the female given name Wilhelmina or a feminine diminutive of William, often in the form Willie Mae. 

How often have the words Williams and Willie occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )