Alexander, William or Hugo?

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Which of these do you prefer?

Alexander as my son is that 😁

But I do like William and Hugo as well, think they're lovely names. Think the nicknames Will and Liam are great for William and Hugo's quite sweet too, I just can't see it on anyone older than 10 but that is probably just because I haven't met one. I don't think you can go wrong wither way!

Love William.
Like Alexander.
Dislike Hugo.

I have a Hugo and I love the name.

William is lovely, but hugely popular in my circle. I know so many little Wills that it feels a little bland at this point. Alexander is very handsome, and has lovely nickname options. Hugo is on our list, so that would be my personal pick. It’s not popular where we are, so it doesn’t feel too overdone, and the Hugos I know span the ages of two to 82 so it feels very versatile.

I love its easy spelling, international flair, and the way it somehow manages to feel modern and fresh even as it has a great history behind it.

Love Alexander and William, I really like Alex and Will and I like that have easy nicknames and suit all ages.

Hugo is not my taste at all.

Alexander. Love it.

Love them all!

I like Hugo. There aren’t many of them.
However, it does always make me think of this ‘what’s a long name for Hugo’ thread and makes me chuckle… Hugoagogo …..Hugothatway

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/baby_names/3124765-long-name-for-hugo?reply=74452268

Love Alexander, had that on my list!

But I also really like Billy as a name and so I did consider William to shorten to that. Had 2 DDs in the end tho!

I have a little William and I love it. I prefer Will/Wills as a nickname compared to Alex.

It all depends on middle name, surname, siblings.

I love Alexander, but not Alex. Love William and Will. Hugo is a no.

My favourite of the three is Alexander. Then Will. Then Hugo.

Alexander without a hesitation. Lovely name. Would have considered it if a similar name wasn't already used by a family member.

I may still use it as a middle name regardless.

I love Alexandar, like William and dislike Hugo.

All handsome.
I prefer William.

Hugo is top for me. Shortens well to Huw and Huey which are very sweet.

the other names are fine but not my cup of tea

Love Alexander
Like William
Really dislike Hugo, personally

Alexander

Hugo (but I have one, so am biased)!

I really love Hugo. I like Alexander. I'm not that keen on William but don't hate it.

I Alexander

Alexander

William. So timeless and I also love that there are so many great historical namesakes - plus the fact that Shakespeare is the world's bestselling writer means the name is so well known/used in pretty much every country too.

2nd choice Alexander - because it's usually shortened and I'm less keen on "Alex" (and 9/10 times it seems to get shortened to that rather than one of the other nicknames). But it's also a lovely classic, international pick.

No to Hugo. While I secretly have a soft spot for old fashioned Hugh, Hugo on the other hand is quite trendy now (part of the current "O" ending trend for boys), and I'm generally not keen on names that might date people.

William. I have one in my class and he is lovely 😊