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Will is a nice nn, and so is Bill. But the funny thing is, Bill seems a bit odd on a very young guy. In elementary school in my class there was a kid named Bill, and I remember even then thinking it was kind of funny for a boy that age to be called Bill. My uncle's name is Bill so that was the age of Bill I was most familiar with.
But my school friend Bill and I were in a class that included both a Billy and a Will, so it worked out good for him.
We have a good friend named Bill who is a Junior. He has a grown son who is a Third and who goes by Billy. When he was born his parents were planning on nicknaming him Trey, but it never did take, not even with them.

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I don't find Billy too bad either. A bit redneck, maybe, but not terrible. Willie is probably my least favorite nn for William, though I did once work with a very nice older guy named Willie. He was very country, and I don't know if Willie was his full name or if he was William.
I'm not even counting Liam as a nn for William, unless you're actualy Irish.

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William is one of those names that's well-dressed wherever it goes, and I think Bill as a nn is also well-dressed wherever it goes, as is Will. Not so much Billy or Willie. The only drawback I see for William is a lot of people around here say it so it sounds like Wee-yum, which is awful.