To name dd Willow

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When ds 7 is named William (different last names)

Pregnant and due in 10 days.

If you love it,, go for it, dont worry about what anyone else thinks, willow and william are lovely i think its realy quite sweet 😊😊

Too similar. Ember moon is a wrestler.

There are endless names out there. Naming your DD Willow after calling your DS William shows a SEVERE lack of imagination.

My Golden Retriever was called Willow. It’s a lovely name, for a dog.

the pronunciation emphasis on both names is different with William being a longer first syllable emphasis and Willow being a longer second syllable emphasis.

Yeah, I agree, do it OP. Just introduce them as William and Willooooowww and it will seem perfectly normal.

some of these responses are hilarious xx William refuses to change his name to Billy bunter to accommodate

No way - it may result in them being teased. Perhaps as a middle name would be nice though

Eleanor and William are both lovely, classy names that could take them into any walk of life. And they go together beautifully.

I also really like Carys.

Astra I can't quite get on board with as it sounds like the start of "astro-turf" to me. I do quite like Astrid though.

Willow is slang for a clitoris - so no

On which planet?

Never, ever heard that particular “slang” before.

Waterlily so it also starts with a W but Lily for short and as her real name, also flowery/nature style? (Tongue in cheek. )

I like the name Willow, but if you already have a William you'll kind of be seen as one of those families that have to have all their children with similar names (my ex John had siblings called James, Jenny and Julie and his mother was Jan, very confusing re opening letters!).

Eleanor would work really well with William. Both classy names, whereas Willow is a bit "trying to be unusual".

Beautiful name for a girl but personally wouldn't have two children with such similar names due to confusion and frustration it will cause later on.

I knew someone called Christine, her brother was called Christopher 🤔

I love the name Willow, but the only living creature I know with that name at the moment is a dog (a very beautiful one to be fair. I also think @Abstractedobstructed has a fair point. Carys is gorgeous.

And since they have different surnames you don't even get the benefit of saving on school name tapes!

No. Too silly.

No, choose something quite different that doesn't begin with a W.

Sarah Palin had a child called 'Willow' - her others were Trigg and Track. Says it all really.

You'll save 50% of your time shouting them out of bed on a school morning if you nickname them both Will

No no no
If you must Willamina and so theyd be will and mina

I love the name but it is an incredibly popular name for cats and William and Willow sounds like a high end wallpaper brand.

Willow:) and William, as all the William's I know are Bill!.

Elanor is a lovely name so Willow Elanor, then she can choose which one she likes in later years!.

My DGD has Four names!!

@jennymanara what utter twaddle. Also I’ve never come across anybody with a cat/hamster/whatever called Willow. My two penn’orth is that I have a Willow (named after the willows in Hagley Park, Christchurch) and she gets ‘Wills’. A lot.

Willow was the 20th most popular girls name in England and Wales last year. Safe to say there are LOTS of humans called Willow.

@stealthfart It is not twaddle. Maybe not where you live?

I know someone with a teenager called Willow. It was unusual when she used the name, but has become increasingly popular. Isn't Pinks daughter called Willow? And Will Smiths daughter?

My friends daughter gets called Wills generally, and Willsie.

It is a name I have seen used for animals too, but no reason why it can't be for people too?

I dont' think that there is a big issue with having a Willow and a William as such, but it's human nature to shorten names - if you shorten William to Wills, what would you use for Willow?

Eleanor Willow is lovely.
William and Eleanor
Wills and Nell or Nellie for short?