my deceased FIL is called William....

[Leannabanana]

.....how can i honour him for a girls name?

Wilma? Errrmmmm

What about just William as a middle name?

Billie

Wilhemina (sp?)

as in Billie Piper

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Willow

You could make Billy her middle name or even William (no rule that you can't).
I think Williamina is a little odd and not mad keen on Billie for a girl - so not sure if you should use it for first.

don't like wilhemina....or billie.....or wilma.....oh dear

Um, hope it's a boy?

I would go for William as a middle name

Lots of people have surnames as middle names, so it is no different

Willow is lovely and feminine and definitely points to honouring William

Bloomin DH vetoed Willow....said we are having a baby not a sapling....

did your father have a second name?

I mean FIL sorry

Did he have a middle name?

did your father have a second name?

This made me lol

x posts!

what about milly which is a kind of version of the name

wallis

wendy

willette

yes he does, richard but DS has that as a middle name....deceased MIL was lillian but i'm considering Susannah for a first name as this name actually means Lily and isn't so popular as Lily is in our area....

Why not honour him by giving her a middle name that of someone he admired, film star or someone like that? or his own mums name if he was close to her?

willow, and wills for short

Willa

I would go or Willow a lot for feminin.

I work with a girl called Willa - it's really lovely and individual. I'd use it if I didn't have an ex called Will...!

Susannah Willow sounds lovely together