Would William get Willy?

[blueberrymoon]

Do you know any Williams under the age of 50 who get called Willy?

Prove my DH wrong! This nn is putting him off the name William (which I have a sudden crush on), but I really don't think anyone would shorten it to Willy?? Am I wrong..?

There is a William in my ds's class who gets teased with Willy a fair bit actually. I think it is inevitable.

My nephew is William and he has been called Willy at school , but then it is an obvious tease imo. What would bother me more than Willy is that the nickname Will is a verb - can you imagine calling "Will, will you..." .

Dbro2 is Will - only ever called Willy by me to annoy him.

Thank you all!

All the Williams I know are called William or Will.

I know a few but never heard of one called Willy before!

I know a number of Williams.

None are known as Willy. They are William, Will, Billy. They are aged from about 26 right down to 4yo. It's a lovely name and very popular.

As is Oliver so yes, they go together well.

DH is William and only his father calls him 'Willy' (or should that be 'Wully' - he's Scottish).

Otherwise, he's William or Will (and one of his brothers calls him Bill).

no. it's about as likely as a charles being called chuck or a henry being hank.

willy not a huge problem though. plenty of men are called micky or Willy. they don't seem to mind !

Indeed, all the Willies I've come across have been consensual.

My DS is a William and we call him Wills or Will.