Does anyone here prefer
Bill as a nickname for
William as opposed to
Will? Does anyone like
Bill and
Will equally as nicknames for
William?
When I decided to give my son
William the nickname
Will rather than
Bill, I was following a trend. When I was growing up, every
William was nicknamed
Bill and they were a dime a dozen. Which is probably why, when I reached my adulthood,
Will became the preferred nickname for young parents who were using the name
William. It had been out of style for quite a while and was ripe for a comeback, I suppose, and every one had known a million Bills and wanted something different. Though it would end up being not as different as they thought it would.
I've seen a lot of people here say they like
Will and whenever
William is mentioned, if a nickname is mentioned, it seems I always see "
William nn
Will". I haven't seen
Bill mentioned much and I can't remember ever seeing "
William nn
Bill" so I was just wondering if anyone here has some liking for
Bill.
Before my son was born, it was known among my family that if I had a son his name would be
William, and I remember my sisters saying that they "wouldn't be able to stand it" if I called him
Billy, lol.