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W name with a W surname!

90 replies

bleachblondemom · 28/09/2020 16:22

My surname begins with a W and there is a boys name I really love that starts with a W. I’ve tried saying it out loud so many times but the two Ws together just sound terrible, especially as W isn’t a very strong sound so it sound a bit... can’t really think of the right word, but do you know what I mean? A bit like a speech impediment 😂
Anyone think the double W might actually be ok? I just love the name so much I’m sad I can’t use it.

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DrMadelineMaxwell · 28/09/2020 16:34

I once taught a William Williams.

raddledoldmisanthropist · 28/09/2020 16:34

I think it's fine, provided you also give your son a secret identity and teach him to fight crime.

bleachblondemom · 28/09/2020 16:33

@Toilenstripes that’s what I mean when I say it sounds like a speech impediment 😂😂

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MikeUniformMike · 28/09/2020 16:32

William Wallace
William Waldegrave

minisoksmakehardwork · 28/09/2020 16:31

Didn't do William Wilberforce any harm.

Mrsbclinton · 28/09/2020 16:31

I really loved a name with same initial as our surname & there was other letters in first name that were in surname I didnt go with it in the end as it was too much of a mouthful & didnt look right.

If it doesn’t sound right to you when you are saying it aloud I wouldnt go with it.

MikeUniformMike · 28/09/2020 16:30

Wade Williams
Wim Wenders
Wil Wheaton

Toilenstripes · 28/09/2020 16:29

Wascally wabbit

Dollywilde · 28/09/2020 16:28

My first thought was Walter White too... or Willy the Wimp! Sorry Op.

I quite like W first name W middle name - that was actually our boy’s pick with a P surname - but I’m not sure it works for W first name W surname. There are some alliterative combinations that really work but I’m not sure WW is one of them. For the same reason that we didn’t want a PP alliterative name, it sounds to my ear a bit ‘nursery rhyme character’!

NachoNachoMan · 28/09/2020 16:28

William Wallace, Scottish rebel, possibly six foot 7
But all that really matters is I sent Englishmen to heaven

MikeUniformMike · 28/09/2020 16:27

Waldo Williams
William Wordsworth

bleachblondemom · 28/09/2020 16:26

Not helpful 😂😂

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MikeUniformMike · 28/09/2020 16:26

Willie Whitelaw
Walt Whitman

Aquamarine1029 · 28/09/2020 16:24

Walter White?

MikeUniformMike · 28/09/2020 16:23

Willy Wonka?

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