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NNs for William?

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Kittenkatzen · 26/07/2013 07:56

DC1 due in 7 weeks....DH has fallen in love with William for a boy. I quite like it, but think its a bit grown up sounding for a baby/toddler so would like a nn option. Only I really don't like Billy - are there any others you can think of as I'm drawing a blank!

TIA Smile

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Ragwort · 26/07/2013 07:56

Willy Grin

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LotsaTuddles · 26/07/2013 07:57

Will?

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DanceLikeJohnTravoltaNow · 26/07/2013 08:00

Bill
Will
Liam
Can't think of any more...

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Kittenkatzen · 26/07/2013 08:00

Thanks ragwort! Grin

lotsa I like Will but it suits an older child/teen in my eyes. Maybe I'm over thinking this...! (Ps are you still lurking on the sept board?)

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Theas18 · 26/07/2013 08:03

Wils?

Actually you could always jut always call him William. Just William .

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Reality · 26/07/2013 08:05

Ours is Wills, Willsterfer, Bill, Beelzebub, Billster, Bilbo and Williambum. He's 22 months old.

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ThisIsYourSong · 26/07/2013 08:16

I know a child who has the nn Wilkie

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LotsaTuddles · 26/07/2013 08:34

I quite like Will for a little baby, once you start calling him it, it will stick and it'll feel odd that you thought it wouldn't suit such a small child.

I am indeed. Keep trying to catch up. Today's my last day at work, so will hopefully be around a bit more Grin

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DaddyPigsMistress · 26/07/2013 08:41

I have a Will.
He is called Wills,Willow, willbilbobaggins or wilfredo

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Kittenkatzen · 26/07/2013 09:32

Thanks ladies, I guess Will could work, and like you say it will stick once you start calling it. Am loving all the bilbo variants too, very cute Smile

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TruJay · 26/07/2013 20:15

My son's best friend is William, they're both 3 and a hal, everyone has always called him William, never a need for a nickname and its never seemed to old, perfectly suited him at all stages, newborn, toddler, little boy. I sometimes call him WillyBob! No idea why but mostly he's just William and its a lovely name

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TruJay · 26/07/2013 20:16

*half

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merrymonsters · 26/07/2013 21:18

I have a William and we've never used a nickname. Some of the children at school have started to call him Will.

I also don't like Billy.

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brokenhearted55 · 27/07/2013 16:44

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Bowlersarm · 27/07/2013 16:46

My William was called Will from a newborn. He is now a teenager and it has stuck

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AmazingBouncingFerret · 27/07/2013 16:50

Everyone calls 12 year old nephew Squill but that's a fairly offbeat kinda nickname Grin

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AmazingBouncingFerret · 27/07/2013 16:50

Oh and WillyWorm.

These aren't the sort of nicknames you were after are they?

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outtolunchagain · 27/07/2013 16:55

My William is Will at school and Wills or William at home , or Wibble ( from Wibbly pig !)

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nooka · 27/07/2013 18:22

The majority of the Williams I know are called Bill. I do know a couple of Willies though!

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miffybun73 · 27/07/2013 18:24

I know a 3 year old William known as Will. It really suits him.

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Dontletthemgetyoudown · 27/07/2013 18:24

Ds2 was always William as a baby and young child. He's 11 now and usually will or spud

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LittleBallOfFur · 27/07/2013 19:26

My William is Will (and also Wilbifur, Willybobs, and most recently,Sir William of Dawdleshire).

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PeteCampbellsRecedingHairline · 27/07/2013 19:30

I have a Will known as Will, Wills, Wilbur and Bob. Grin

Plus a lot of other random NN's that have nothing to do with his actual name.

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SpanielFace · 27/07/2013 19:42

Our William is Will, Willibob, Will-I-Am (I hate that one but it comes out sometimes!), Wilfred, Wilhelm, and occasionally Señor Milkychops (blame DH for that one! Grin). He's 10 months.

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VinegarDrinker · 27/07/2013 19:47

DS has a 3yo friend at nursery called Bill. Before I met him it sounded odd for a toddler but now he's just Bill Grin

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