William and Harry

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We have just found out that dc2 is going to be a boy.

Dh and I both love the name Harry, but ds1 is William so I don’t know if we are completely ridiculous to use it?

I had ruled it out completely when we were talking in the abstract, but now knowing we are having a boy and that we are going to have to name him, we have come back to it.

So what’s the verdict? Will people forever make the royal connection and assume that we are either royalists, or copycats, or just plain daft?

It does seem really Royal and almost everybody would notice that, so up to you to decide if you're ok with that. The thing about these two is that they will be known as brothers and a really famous pair probably for the rest of your lifetime. It's not like the name of two pop stars in a band, where they might split or never be heard from again.

If you have another child in between, it's nowhere near as clear cut - Harry, Claire and William for example - and the fact that the elder one is Harry makes it a little less "royal super-fan". But it's still likely to cause some comments so either you can tolerate that or not.

I'm Kate and one of my fave boys names was William, both my mother and mil poo pooed the idea because of the royal issue... thankfully we had a girl, I think I may have used it anyway. We were between William or Thomas

Sorry but I think it sounds way too much like the royal princes and it will always get a mention when you give their names.
Lots of lovely names to choose from I’d pick something else if I were you.
Other names similar to Harry:
Toby
Felix
Charlie
Thomas
Freddie
Oliver
Max
Samuel
Alexander

We’ve got a William and a Harriet 😁
They are 31 and 28 now so only a few years younger than the royal princes
Only one in all these years has anyone made a “Royal comment” 😁😁

I wouldn't do it...
Suggestions: Louis, Thomas, Henry (I know, Prince Harry's "actual" name), Frederick, Alfred, Nicholas, David, Patrick, Peter, Zachary, Charles, Andrew, Matthew, Samuel, Michael, Julian, Benedict.

I'd go with it. DS1 is called Louis, we had chosen George as DS2 name however prince Louis arrived a month before DS2 so we decided on Alexander as DS2 name as we thought it would be too royal to have a "Louis and George" in the same household. I do secretly wish I'd gone with George though.

Choose Henry.

How about putting Henry on the the BC that way he has choice... You could always go Harrison, Harris, Harold to get to Harry.

William and Harold is nice.

I also like Henry and Henrik.

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