You don't. If you know Bill Milner, his actual name is William but in The Son Of Rambow he done it with someone else called William (but they call him Will) and they don't want to get mixed up! So Bill Milner has been named 'Bill' for his career... I think....
He didn't "change" his name, Bill is the familiar version of William. His name is William, but he goes by Bill.
His name still is William Gates, "Bill" is a common nickname for William.
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Bill Paxton's birth name is William Paxton.
Usually it is William.
Bill is short for William do perhaps "Super William".
Bill comes from the name William, which means "protector."
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Bill Cowher's full name is William Laird "Bill" Cowher.
Bill Goldberg's real name is William Scott " Bill " Goldberg.
Bill is a sleeper from Russia. His original name was Ivan Bitertityoff. Banal and stupid.....Bills original name was William Jefferson Blythe III, he became Bill Clinton when his mother remarried.