thoughts on the name freddie or william

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we are stuck between these too at the mo

freddie or freddy ?

william which would prob end up shortened to will, bill, billy

what do you think?

Both nice IMO. See which he looks most like or try each for a day and see how it works for you.

William, definitely

Love both, but prefer Freddie.

For WIlliam, I would've used it if it could've been shorted to Liam, but no surity of that!!!

Prefer Freddie rather than Freddy.

And would go for Frederick as the full name.

Like them both.

I would go with Frederick and use Freddie - Will is my fave abbreviation of William.

I have a Frederick-and he obviously gets called Freddie and Fred

I like both, but Freddie edges it as no associations with Future King! Would rule out Harry for similar reasons, despite liking it

I have a Frederick and he is called Fred. I can't stand it when people call him Freddie and have been known to ask them to stop.

Having said that, I called him Freddie when he was born, but very quickly he became most definitely a 'Fred'

nancy66 that's my fave too, my least fave would have to be willy!

if we actually manage to agree and confirm these what middle names would go nicely?

keep on thinking that the name thing is settled and then one of us will be like oh no i've gone off that now!

I love the name William.

Freddie is ok but not as nice as William.

I was going to have William Oliver but had 3 girls instead!

Freddy or Bill.

Bill more unusual.

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dd was going to be a Freddie if she was a boy

I love Will (literally, he is my dh!)

I have a William, middle name Robert after dp's dad. Unfortunately we didn't think of how the two names would go together in everyday life, so thanks to my dp the poor boy now gets called Billy Bob!!

I love both.

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DD1 goes to preschool with a Freddie (her boyfriend) and a William, I love them both but DH wanted to call dd1 Freddie if she was a boy (after his grandad) so that is more my favourite

both great- lots of freddies around because of freddie flintoff: could be a good or bad thing depending on your POV

freddie a bit what-ho

I do like Billy

william - more possibilities if he hates it and wants to be known as something else!

freddie not freddy...

friends chose freddy and everyone always spells it the other way....

Prefer Freddie to Freddy, but would go for the full name on the birth certificate.

William is also good, and I like Bill as an alternative. I've known some young funky Bills and it suited them.

Frederick (Freddy) is gorgeous . One of my first cousins has a little Freddy.

William just lovely too, but a bit more usual.

William

prefer Freddie but it seems too informal to me on its own - i would use a longer version - Frederick, Alfred or Wilfred - and go from there

Freddie