Billing Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Billings surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Family name meaning

Billing? Think of it as Billings with a different pen. The name is generally explained as “From Billing”.

Billing drops the “s” of Billings, a simplification that clerks often made. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: Billinge. According to the 2010 US Census, the Billing surname had 1,085 bearers. French birth records list 146 children named Billing between 1891 and 2000. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Belling.

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