Do you have a DC/know someone named William?

flgator · October 2009

We're having trouble finding another boys name we like. We like traditional and family (if possible) names, and William is DH's middle name. It's growing on me but I don't care for the nicknames Bill, Billy and Willy. I also have come up with any suggestions yet. We know 2 Bills (one is family and other is friend) so that name is used a lot anyway. DH says we can call him William, and I don't mind Will. But you can't control what others, esp. when he gets to school, call him. His family calls Scott Scotty and I hate it; DH was also called this. Do you have a DC or know someone named William? If so what do you call them? TIA

LindsayMarieG · October 2009

Yes, my DS has a friend named Will.

tonysbride2b · October 2009

I know a William and they call him Willy :::shudder:::

You could call him Liam.

TMs1stBaby · October 2009

My friend has a William and he goes by Will.

JessMil10 · October 2009

I know to young boys named William and both their parents call them Will.

Lucky_Dragonfly · October 2009

I only know of a handful of people and they are peopel I went to HS with and don;t see or talk to anymore.

star173 · October 2009

You can control what other people call your kid by what you call them. I'm in the same boat...William is our boy name, and the only nn I like is Will. I don't know anyone with a nn that gets changed throughout their life. My nephew Anthony is Tony because that's what his parents call him, kwim?

The only nn I didn't see you post was Liam..is that an option for you?

libby73 · October 2009

My friends name is Will, or you could call him Wills like the prince Wink

jenifairies · October 2009

My dad and brother. Dad went (goes) by Bill and they called my brother Billy (which he protested in 6th grade and goes by Bill now).

I think Bill/Billy are old fashioned nn's and if people call him anything, it would be Will. If you went out and polled people under 30 on a nn for William, I doubt many would say Billy. Most people don't even know where the nn came from with my brother (he's 23).

Nicole731 · October 2009

My husband's name is William. He is the Third (FIL and FIL's dad have the same name). My husband goes by Bo. It's a random nn, but it has a family story. DH's grandpa goes by Bill, and FIL was going by Bill also when he was younger. But FIL's sister couldn't say Bill when she was a baby so she'd call him "my Bo." So FIL went by Bo sometimes when he was young. After DS was born, FIL nicknamed him Bo (to avoid confusion with having another Bill I guess). Nobody knows DH as William at all, I think most of his friends would be surprised to know his real name. DS middle name is William after DH but we don't call him by that name in any way.

I've also heard of Liam as a nn for William.

inbetweendreams · October 2009

My friend has a son named William, and they call him Will.

tmp-336341562506044 · October 2009

DH's cousin is named William and we call him Will. We had a family friend who's name was Willy. I DON'T like that NN. I like Liam, do you like that?

LoriFalce · October 2009

William would be under serious consideration if #2 was a boy. It was my grandfather's name, and he went by Bill.

I also have a cousin who named his son William (Billy), and my best friend's son is a Will.

We would probably use his full name, just like we do for Joseph.

funchicken · October 2009

I love Will and Liam as nicknames for William. I have three uncles named William (all go by Bill), but I think that was just the more common nn of that generation.

Libramom2b · October 2009

We know lots, most of whom are Bill / Billy (I actually like both). I also think little boys with grown up names like Bill or Bob for nicknames are cute.

SBear12 · October 2009

I used to babysit for a little boy named William, and he was only ever called Will as a nickname... never Willy or Billy or anything else. He's in college now, and as far as I know, still goes by Will. He was a great kid, so I have lots of good associations with the name!

laur1120 · October 2009

My dad is actually John William but he goes by Bill. I love the name William and the nickname Will

If DH would let me I would totally name a boy that!! I'm going to at least push for it as a middle name.

fIowerchild · October 2009

I know a number of Williams. They go by Bill (40 year old), Will (5 years old) and Liam (3 years old).

BlessedMommy723 · October 2009

I taught at a private preschool while pregnant with DD and had a William. He went by Will or William. FWIW, he was the cutest little boy and was as sweet as could be

JennDave+1 · October 2009

Liam is my sons name. Named after DH's grandfather William.

WYEngTeacher · October 2009

Didn't read the other replies, but my brother is William and goes by Will. My mom was adamant from the time he was born that he NOT be called Bill or Billy. It has never been a problem.?

secuccaro · October 2009

It seems to me that the "in" thing now is to name a boy William and call him either Will or Liam, as pp have mentioned. Unless you think that close family members are going to be complete dipsh-ts about it, then I would go ahead and name him William and call him Will. Who cares what other people call him -- he will probably stick with the proper name/nickname that you give him.

MrsCraig2006 · October 2009

My nephew is William and he's called Will or William. No other nickname has ever been raised. He's only a toddler though.

msabol2077 · October 2009

Yes, my nephews name is William.

MrsCraig2006 · October 2009

I agree with the PP - your family and friends would have to be really mean and rude to call your child a name you have made it clear you don't like. I would name him what you want. People will ask you early on what "your calling him" and you can set the record straight then.

PhilsWife07 · October 2009

Yes. He goes by Will.

MrsVictoriaB · October 2009

My grandfather's name is William and he goes by Bill

My cousin's name is William and goes by Billy

And my dad goes by Willy

CFO · October 2009

DH is from a long line of William's. He goes by his middle name Dominic, but is called Nick.

His dad is Bill, his cousin is Will.

susansev · October 2009

you could call him Liam...

middlemarch26 · October 2009

DS is named William Atticus. We decided at the last minute to call him Atticus. We were just going to call him William or maybe Will. I'm with you 100% on the nickname thing. I don't think anyone today would just start calling a William "Bill," especially other kids his age, so I wouldn't be too worried about that.

P.S. Now in retrospect, the nickname Billy is kind of growing on me. Someone pointed out the other day that it sort of sounds like a cute little cowboy name.

jessica1080 · October 2009

My friend has a William and everyone calls him William. She was adamant about it when he was born that she didn't want any nn's and no one has - family or friends.

Also, I agree with pp. People will call your kids what you do (for the most part). My name is Jessica and no one has ever shortened it to Jessie or Jess or anything else. My brother is Daniel and no one calls him Dan or Danny and he is 24 now. We have a cousin and everyone calls him Dan and always has, but that is what his parents nn'd him early on.

silvahalo · October 2009

Uncle and Cousin are William. There are two kids at my daughter's daycare named William.

DG1 · October 2009

I think most of the Williams I know/have known go by "Will." A few "Bill"s, but you should be able to steer people toward "Will."

murphyec · October 2009

My little brother's name is Christopher. My step-mom doesn't like nicknames so if anyone called him Chris when he was little, she would correct them. When he was 5 or 6 a teacher called him Chris and HE corrected her "No, my name is Christopher". It wasn't until high school when other kids started calling him Chris and it stuck, and that was cause he wanted it at that point.

Temp174496125006552 · October 2009

Our neighbor down the street is William and goes by Bill. And DH's cousin's son is William and goes by Will.

flgator · October 2009

Thanks for your help. I feel better about the name and nns now. I've never thought about Liam as a nn for William.

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