William or Henry?

[Autumnsunshinebaby]

What would you choose and which one is less popular in RL? Thank you

Both nice.

William is more popular I think, but also timeless.

Henry is less popular, but I think quite 'of the moment' so might not age as well.

William is very universal, Henry is quite posh.

William is more versatile and has more nn possibilities.

Henry, but I really like both.

I know loads of boys with both names but have an irrational dislike of Henry. It's the 'hen' part. So William every time for me.

William , love Will

I love Will but like Henry more than William. I just don't know which to choose

If you love Will just call him Will. Everyone will take their lead from you. I knew a Billy at school no one at all tried to call him William.

My DS is called Henry, so I'm biased. I've never met another child called Henry (although a couple of adults). I did have the health visitor call him Harry when he was a couple of months old. Annoyed me more than is reasonable probably.

I'm the biased owner of a William.
I prefer it to Henry (obvs) but do like Henry too. As other have said, William gives lots of nn.

I also love Harry. DH vetoed it so we went for William instead, but than backtracked after we had already named ds saying the liked Harry now and think it would have suited him And now if we have another ds we can't use it either, for obvious reasons.

For those of you who have your own Williams, is there any trouble at school with inappropriate nicknames?

Know loads of lovely Williams and Henrys. Slight pref for William as think like a pp said it's a bit more universal. Wouldn't worry about nn's.

My best friend has both a Henry and a William (and a George).

Both are extremely popular here - although I would say most little Williams are 5+ whereas the Henrys I know are younger.

Ds isn't at school yet but I'm not worried about that. I knew Williams growing up and they were called Will, William or Billy or whatever I don't think there was any pisstaking.
My mum made an inappropriate comment when I told her his name (after he was born), but she is a twat.

I have a William op, never ever been called Willy if that's your worry. He's now 21. Firmly a Will.

Out of the two I prefer William.

Both seem equally popular in our area - a few years ago I had a William, a Billy (full name William) and two Henrys in the same class! They would be 13/14 years old now though.

There is a 3 year old William at my son's pre-school and we used to go to baby groups with a Henry who is now in reception class (4/5 years old)

OP, if you prefer Henry, go with it.
They're both lovely names.

Thank you everyone!

I've a 7 month old William, named after my father who gets called Bill / Billy

Not met any other baby Williams as of yet

William. I agree that Henry is more "of the moment", although it is a classic too.

I've noticed every baby boy now is henry. Literally. It's the new jack and I predict will be number one at some point.

William! I like Henry too but know a lot of little Henry's.
William is also cute shortened to Will and Billy.

I prefer Henry, tbh.

But both are really nice :)

I don't like the Willi part of William. Also, Will sounds like a verb: Will, will you...

So I'd choose Henry

I know one baby Henry and no William

I prefer Henry I think

Charles.

( sorry. Actually, I like both. Why not both?)

gummibears yes! All of those things! Will, will you have time to... Too many Wills!

Orlanda didn't think i could do both Henry and William otherwise it really will turn into a royal fest...