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Matilda just too popular???

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brockleyD · 25/10/2010 10:15

My husband and I love the name Matilda but it seems its very popular at the moment, anybody else found this? I don't want there to be three other Matildas in her class at school!

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megonthemoon · 25/10/2010 10:47

Perhaps come up with a nickname other than Tilly for her so she can be known as that at school, so she is still the only one? My aunt is known as Tilda, and one little Matilda I know has become Tilda too, and that is far less common than Tilly as a nn.

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brockleyD · 25/10/2010 10:44

Oh its so hard isn't it, I just feel really disappointed that it is quite so popular as I really can't find another name I like as much! I am going to keep searching. I have never met anyone with my name, so for me its a very strange thing to have a name that is popular.

Thanks for all your advice,
D

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smother · 25/10/2010 10:27

I think it's quite popular TBH, esp with nn Tilly.

I also think it feels popular because it has a similar feel to other names - lots of Tillys, Millys, Lilys, Mollys and Madeleines, Amelias, Maisys etc

BUT if you love it I really wouldn't let that put you off - it's hard enough to find a name you love at the best of times!

duchesse · 25/10/2010 10:25

Thanks to Heath Ledger I suspect. We wanted to call DD3 Matilda, didn't in the end and called her Madeleine, which now seems to be just as popular as Matilda! Just shows how out of touch we were with modern baby names... We've decided to call her by her second name (always gone by Bug until now as we were so unsure about Madeleine).

fwiw I think Matilda is lovely, but as you say just didn't want her Matilda L for ever more.

megonthemoon · 25/10/2010 10:25

It is very popular I think. I love it - have a great aunt called Matilda who is rather fabulous - but there are quite a lot of Tillys and Matildas around at the moment.

ayjayjay · 25/10/2010 10:24

I think it depends where you live. My DD (15 weeks) is named Matilda and everyone has said wha an unusual name it is.

However since her birth I have been noticing the name more. It's not a really popular name like Grace or Chloe etc. but it's not very very uncommon either.

DramaInPyjamas · 25/10/2010 10:24

Depends on where you live I suppose.
In my whole life I have never known of a Matilda (except the book/movie).

It's a nice name though.

ValiumSkeleton · 25/10/2010 10:22

I think there was a rush of them about five years ago. Maybe has calmed down a bit now.

I don't really like it though. Zelda or Belinda much nicer.