milly and matilda

[justwantcheese]

please tell me what you think about calling 2nd dd matilda? as it would get shortened to tilly, are there any other nn for matilda? thank you.

[HolyNoSheDittantBatman]

It won't get shortened to Tilly if you don't want it to, you can just call her Matilda. Other nn for Matilda are Mattie/Matty and Tilda. I also know a Matilda whose nn is Milly.

IMO Milly and Matilda are too similar anyway.

[smogwod]

If you'd not already abbreviated to something else she would become Tilly at school. You could go for Mattie or Tilda but I agree there's just too many m's & l's to use it with Milly

[FilterCoffee]

Too similar.

[Letchladee]

I know two siblings called Millie and Matilda. I had never thought to question it - although the Matilda is never called Tillie (sometimes Tilda I think though)

[smother]

milly + tilly = silly (sorry)

[ragged]

I'd mentally refer to them in my head as Millie & Tilly even if I never said it out loud yes I am horrible. I am not a fan of Matilda anyway, though.
Mattie is a decent nn, though.
There are so many lovely girl names, is your heart that attached to Matilda?

[bobbledunk]

I love Matilda

[DialsMavis]

I have a Matilda and she is NEVER Tilly, always Matilda or Tilda. But, it's getting far too popular so don't use it . Is Milly just Milly or is that short for something?

[TheMerchantOfVenom]

What is with all these threads at the moment with people wanting to give their children such similar names?! And inevitably they're proper zeitgeist-y names - can they really not think outside the box at all?!

I mean, honestly, there are vast swathes of names out there in the universe, and you only like Milly and Tilly?

[justwantcheese]

Matilda is not my first choice its husbands. I am doing my best to put him off even though I made the mistake of saying he could choose this time. I am wanting Athene.

[shoobidoo]

You've got a Millie and want to name your next daugher Tilly? Really ?!

[shoobidoo]

Athene is gorgeous, feminine and much more timeless! And much less overused!!

[PrincessScrumpy]

my dad wanted to call me Matilda and shorten it to Mattie. dh and I made it dtd1's middle name.

[PrincessScrumpy]

oh and a friend's Matilda is called Tilda for short.

[ShowOfHands]

Our Mathilda is Tilda, never Tilly. Not at school or anywhere else. She prefers her full name if possible though or Tilda if not.

[LittleWhiteWolf]

Mathilda was on my list for DC2 if they turn out to be a girl, but after testing it out on family members I was put off. More than one said "Oh we shall call her Milly then", which is a nn I don't like as its very common where I live. I was also told that having the H in Mathilda was wrong . So in the end I chose to veto the name.

I would have shortened to Mattie or Tilly.

[ShowOfHands]

I like the h. It's a perfectly good and old germanic spelling which makes sense for our family's background.

[Stellan]

I've only known a couple of Matildas but they've both been Tillys. I think you'd have to use Tilda or Matty as a nickname.

[petitema]

I have a millie and considered matilda but obviously wouldn't have used tilly! But seeing them written down they are too similar.

[DialsMavis]

We decided against the h, but I really do like it now and might stick it in at some point if my Tilda ends up with 165990 friends also called Matilda

[ProlificYoungGentlemenBreeder]

Possibly too sin

[ProlificYoungGentlemenBreeder]

I'll try that again...

Possibly too similar IMO