I want to name our son after my Grandpa. His name is William, everyone calls him Bill. I'm torn on which way to go.
William and call him Will
or
William and call him Liam
or
Just name him Liam and call him....Liam
What do you think? I also like it to "go with" DD name. Ava.
Re: William, Will or Liam
Name him Liam and call him Liam. Ava and Liam go well together.
William and call him Will - classic, wonderful name.
Agreed!
I would say Will with Ava.
Liam is one of my top choices. Will doesn't go great with our last name, although William does.
We were in the same boat but ended up with a girl. DH's grandpa is William and goes by Bill. I really dislike the nicknames Will, Bill, Billy and Willy for William....and to be honest, I'm not 100% in love with "William" but it was important to DH to honour his grandpa. We love Liam, on its own, but we'd planned on naming the baby William and just calling him Liam from day one - to avoid nicknames we don't like, and to be able to honour grandpa with the "formal" name. And then little Liam could always go by William as an adult if he wanted to.
If it wasn't for grandpa being named William, we would have just gone with Liam.
I love the name Liam, I would name our son that if dh let me so I would go for Liam. I do really like William too so I would say go for naming him William but calling him Liam!
Michelle
William is an excellent name, and Will is a great nickname for William.
To be honest, it has never occurred to me that Liam is a nickname for William. I get why it would be, but whenever I think of Liam, I think of it as a name on its own. I think Liam would be just as nice a tribute to grandfather William as William would be.
I think Liam goes best with Ava