Harry vs William?

[lucieloos]

Really want a classic boys name. Which of the two do you prefer?

I'm not keen on the potential Willy teasing with William, so I'd choose Harry.

William

Both fab. If I had to pick, I'd choose Harry.

Dd1 23 has eleventy billion friends and colleagues called Will. Is it still as popular?

William because I know a Harry who is a) a bit daft in not a nice way (he's in his 20s) and his mates all call him Hazza.

I love both, Henry and William are both family names for me, however I 'can't' use Henry because of drama llama with my brothers ex.. and I ended up using William as one of my sons middle names.. my brother's middle name is William and our aunt always used to call him 'Wills' (I think it was her passive aggressive way of showing she disproved of his first name being unisex though..)

Never known a William teased as Willy. Is it a thing?

I have a Harry but I love William too (obviously couldn't use both!) I think right now I'd probably go for William as there aren't as many of them.

I've never know a William being teased as Willy either?

Neither have I. I did use to know a boy who was known as Billy, but decided to switch to his full name of William because people kept quoting that silly rhyme "My friend Billy had a ten-foot willy" at him. If anything, they seemed to make the willy association with Billy more than with William!

Which Prince do you like more 😂

Harry

Harry

I like both so we obviously have the same taste. We have a William who quickly became Billy when he was born. Have yet to meet another Bill/Billy but many many baby Harrys.

William for me, pronounced Will-e-um. I really dislike the will-yum pronunciation so would choose Harry if people tend to say will-yum in your area.

I'd say be original, Henry, Harry are so boring, I being a man of faith will name my child something with meaning, I was born with the name Joshua

I prefer William

lol dad2be I don't really mind if it's classed as a white name or boring. I don't think Joshua is a lot better in my opinion but thanks for your thoughts anyway!

Will-I-Am seems to wear it ok.

William / Will

Really like William! Harry and Henry are super popular but I do like both too.

Henry nn Harry or William :)

Yes I like the nickname Will for William. I think if we went for Harry it would probably be spelt Harri which is the Welsh way so don't know if that changes opinions? I know in England some would assume it's a girls name and short for Harriet? Not too worried about that though as quite common in Wales.

This thread caught my attention as if my DC is a boy I will most likely name him Harry William (last name), I have a lot of Williams in my family hence the middle name choice but I think either name is lovely