William or Henry?

[Autumnsunshinebaby]

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

William Henrik?

Henrik William? Idk. makes me think of a blond and bearded Viking/Scandinavian man but would also be super cute for a boy. Plus, there are so many nn possibilities...

I have ds who is William Henry. He's been shortened to will since about age 10. He's 15 now and only one person ever called him
Willie and he's was one of his rugby coaches who thought he was funnier than he was!

I'd have Henry William

I know a little boy at school who is only known as Will. No mean nn as far as I know.
I prefer William (and Will/Billy) but Henry is nice too.

Both great classic names.
I have a Henry not met any other baby Henry's yet where we are but there's lots of Harry's which like Joff said upthread people can get mixed up with (dr are forever calling my Henry -Harry too!) 🙄 it annoys me greatly.
Our Henry is sometimes Henners which we think is very cute too.
William is also very nice I think the nn Bill is very cool but don't like Will and I suppose with any name you don't get control of what the nn will be when they start school etc so that would put me off.
Henry William would be a good pick!

Wilbur ?

Sugar my William gets called Wilbur so much by dh and me that I sometimes think we should have named him that. No idea why we do but it has stuck!

I prefer Henry.

But I might be biased as we have a little Henry in the family and he's the sweetest, smiliest, cheekiest little thing ever.

William is also lovely, but has been and will be eternally popular.

Henry for me.

My ds is a William. We have also decided if we have another boy he would be a Henry! I love the "old" names!

I think the Willy sound of William is just too obvious imo and little boys may well use it to tease. And will is a verb...?!

Henry is nicer imo.

William is definitely more popular. I know a handful of them, but only one Henry.

I have a William called Will, I love it. It's perfect everywhere we go.

No trouble with nicknames people just call him Will. You mean like Willy? No not a problem!

I have a Will. No iam at the end as we loved Will but were less keen on William. Never regretted for a second calling him that.

With Will, you could end up saying "Will, will you..."