[name_m]Hi[/name_m] Berries,
I was wondering if there was any nicknames for [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]. Nicknames from the name or meaning is fine. We can’t use [name_m]Will[/name_m] or and other names with [name_m]Will[/name_m] in them.
Thanks!
We’re pronouncing [name_m]Wilder[/name_m] as wild-er 
You could use any animal name - [name_m]Bear[/name_m], [name_m]Fox[/name_m], [name_m]Wolf[/name_m].
Oh that’s a cute idea. Is it weird that I’m trying to find a “nonthreatening” animal like a penguin haha [name_m]Bear[/name_m], [name_m]Fox[/name_m], and [name_m]Wolf[/name_m] would be adorable options for a youngin’ Thanks!
This made me laugh.
Hm, the only things I can think of other than [name_m]Will[/name_m] are the obvious [name_m]Wild[/name_m] and [name_m]Wiley[/name_m]/Wile.
control of nicknames cannot be enforced.
If a teacher, kid, colleague, or neighbor chooses to call your son [name_m]Will[/name_m] or [name_u]Willie[/name_u], there isn’t anything a parent can do.
I love the name [name_m]Wilder[/name_m], but to choose it means knowing that he might become [name_m]Willy[/name_m] or [name_m]Will[/name_m] to others.
I do not agree with this. A name of a child, and that includes nicknames, is not for anyone else to decide on. My son as never gone by a nickname. My nephews and nieces have never gone by a nickname. I work with children and families. I call everyone the name I am told to use. Schools have you fill out paperwork before starting school and they ask if the child goes by a nickname and if you would like that used.
The suggestion of [name_m]Wiley[/name_m] immediately made me think of Wile E. Coyote! [name_m]How[/name_m]'s Coyote for an animal nickname?! 
I don’t think that’s necessarily true. If the kid likes the nickname, then yeah, but they should be allowed to decide what they’re called. If the kid doesn’t want to be called [name_m]Will[/name_m] (and if [name_m]Will[/name_m] isn’t an option because another family member is already known by that name, he probably won’t) then he’ll correct people. My brother [name_u]James[/name_u] has never ever been [name_m]Jim[/name_m] or [name_u]Jamie[/name_u] because he doesn’t want to be. My sister [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] became [name_f]Liz[/name_f] because her friends called her that AND she liked it. If she didn’t like it, it wouldn’t have happened.
That said, I think [name_m]Wiley[/name_m] is more intuitive nickname for [name_m]Wilder[/name_m] anyway.
[name_m]Lynx[/name_m] would be a fun nickname.
I’m kind of on the fence on [name_m]Will[/name_m]/[name_m]Willey[/name_m]. I think they’re adorable but we had a dog named [name_u]Willie[/name_u] when I was a baby. [name_u]Willie[/name_u] has a lot of special meaning to my family as [name_u]Willie[/name_u] alerted my parents when I was drowning as a two year old. Complete freak accident that thankfully and obviously ended quite all right. I’ll definitely think about it 
Coyote and [name_m]Lynx[/name_m] are very cool
I agree to a certain extent. I ask each student what he wants to be called, but as they are in high school, they tell me what THEY want to be called, not what their parents wanted them called.
So if a kid named [name_m]Fletcher[/name_m] says call me [name_m]Fletch[/name_m], I do.
This is true of adulthood as well. Once kids reach a certain age, parental control of their name flies out the door, which is as it should be.
Perhaps a contraction of some of the letters in his name? I personally think that Wid/Widdy is cute.
I agree once they are adults. I have also found that often times they stick with the name they have been being called all their childhood because they feel connected to that name. I never cared for my name, there are nicknames I could have used once I became an adult but they did not feel like me.
[name_m]Wilder[/name_m]: Besides [name_m]Will[/name_m], [name_u]Willie[/name_u], [name_m]Wild[/name_m], mmm, this is hard:
Maybe, and it may be stretching it:
[name_m]Wills[/name_m]
Wry (rye)
[name_m]Eli[/name_m]
[name_u]Del[/name_u]
[name_u]Drew[/name_u]
[name_f]LOVE[/name_f]! Wid/Widdy are adorable. shh, I don’t want anyone to take them. Kidding! Thank you so much!