Noah or William?

[HollyJade]

Thank you

William. Noah seems to be very popular. Too popular.

There's more Williams in the world

I prefer William.

Noah doesn't have any obvious shortenings and I like names which do.

Also, Noah is having a bit of a moment I think. William is a classic name, so is always popular, but Noah only came into the top ten a few years ago (I think). That makes me think it could date.

Both are nice names though. Can't go wrong really!

Definitely William!

William. It's a much nicer, stronger, versatile, classic name.

William. Noah is so bland.

William has the Willy teasing potential, so Noah of the two.

William

I prefer Noah. William is a bit TOO classic for me, verging on dull (although nice).

William

Both are nice. I prefer Noah

I prefer Noah but I luv because I have a Noah! We have a William in our family and it's a lovely classic name

Noah, just because I know loads of Williams, but only 2 Noahs.

William!

Noah. I like both but they are around the same popularity as each other so I prefer Noah

William. Noah is ok but to me sounds like No-ah as in how someone says ‘no’ stroppily!

Depends where you live. Around here (southeast), both names are VERY popular. My grandad was called William and I really wanted to use it, but we already knew four before our DS was born and at his school there are between 1-4 Williams in every year group. It's the most popular name in the school. As for Noah - it's catching up in popularity now. But go with what you like. We chose a non-top-100 name for our DS who was going to be William - a name that isn't currently at all fashionable and guess what? There is another one in his class!

I think I prefer William but hate the Billy shortening so I would chose Noah

William

William. Good enough for a prince and my DS ! Also like Will as a short version. Noah is a bit trendy in my opinion

William.

Noah. It might be trendy but the only one I know is late forties. William is a good solid name, but dull.

William