Matilda

She wasn't merely asking for an 'is this a nice name' opinion though was she? I'm sure even you can see that.

No but we teach our children not to call people rude and unnecessary names like 'knob' when they are merely asking for an opinion on a baby name.

That type of thing is very low brow and frankly too chavvy for my liking.

(Said in a posh Downton abbey voice).

I don't like it. I think of it as being quite international and recently middle class.

the young traveller bride Matilda McGinley whose father or uncle barney mcginley was shot at her wedding comes to mind as it was only a few days ago.

I have a Mathilda - the 'h' was to please FIL, whose mother was called Hilda.

There's a Matilda in her class, so she's known at school as Huh Mathilda, which cracks me up .

I also have one friend who used it as a middle name & another who really wanted it but changed her mind as she didn't want to copy me (I honestly wouldn't've minded).

Still think it's a fab, strong name, & it really suits her.

'As for rest of your comment, my Mum raised me better than to stoop to a level where name calling is used.'

Good for her. And I hope you teach your children that it's unnecessary to refer to people as 'chavs'.

Fwiw, I also think names like Matilda and its diminutives will scream 'born in the early part of the millennium ' when she is about 35 Tilly et al will be the Gillians , Nicolas and Alisons of the 2050s!

Matilda, Mabel, Ruby are not timeless. They characterise an era, just as, say, Pauline and Angela defined a different era. I wouldn't want to give my child a name that will 'date' quickly.

But that is just me exhibiting a different kind of snobbery

I like Matilda too, and I think it's not uncommon to choose a name that matches your social circle/standing/class (whatever you might choose to call it) or one you aspire to for that matter.

I'd have loved a Tilda but alas a close friend has a Tilly.

Feeling better now

I'm a proper snob - I only like Heinz baked beans.

I think it's a pretty name too but no matter what I think of it you don't deserve to get called names for your post!

Rudeness and being tactless aren't traits I admire in people either.

OP it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, if you like Matilda, you go for it. FWIW I think it's a pretty name.

I don't have a high horse, or any other height of horse, I couldn't afford one on my wage at a low cost supermarket.

As for rest of your comment, my Mum raised me better than to stoop to a level where name calling is used.

I'm afraid you have no business sitting on that high horse Elizabeth. You criticise my perceived failings while quite happily describing names as 'chav' and 'non chav' or one that might be heard 'screamed in Iceland'? And you don't seen any irony in that? Hilarious.

So no, I don't see you as old-fashioned I see you as prejudiced and snobbish. And snobbery is not a characteristic I admire in others.

It's a lovely name looki we had it on our list but I vetoed only because I wanted a name that couldn't be shortened, the only reason.

I do get your meaning behind "chav" comment as in my area there are names considered chavvy whereas in other areas they are considered to be non chavvy.
I do also understand your "screaming in Iceland" comment as a school teacher friend of mine was put off a lot of names simply because she had shouted at children with same name in her class on a regular basis.

I have seen some of the personal comments early on, one especially calling the poster a specific quite offensive word. I have to say I am shocked that comments like that are used,at end of the day "we are all in this together", all trying to get through 9 months of sickness, tiredness etc, the last thing I would want is a perfect stranger calling me a "k**b" on something as simple as a thread asking about a baby's name suggestion. Call me old-fashioned but I think that there are ways and means of expressing an opinion without resorting to calling someone a word like that.

And squoosh you were not called any names, given no fame either, you weren't even mentioned by name, everyone just read the thread and realised it was yourself...... And no there will be no badge or tiara given.

I think it's a perfectly nice name, definitely not chavvy x

Well this has spiralled. FWIW I think the complete opposite of 'chav' when I hear Matilda, it's a distinctly middle class name to me. As are the shortenings Tilly or Tilda. I wouldn't choose a name based on what class I thought it represented though, I just went for a name I liked.

Ahem. * There!

squoosh was just giving an opinion. Mines is that Matilda is a bit twee ( Also didn't know their was Iceland in Ireland)

Well, who knew I had reached such dizzy heights of fame. A true honour, being bitched about on a group and given the title of Horrid Name Troller That Posts Harsh and Unfair Things. I hope I get a tiara or at the very least a badge.

squoosh tut

I have a Matilda.

I also shop at iceland and I am in no way middle class.

Don't let me put you off though.

If you weren't hen why have your comments been deleted for being offensive?

Also it's not just me that is of that opinion.

Your name has been mentioned and pointed out by several people on a group I am on and all of them mentioned your name as being a horrid name troller that posts harsh and unfair things.

Obviously all of us are wrong.

I don't believe I was 'unjustifiably horrid' as you put it. I do believe though that if you're happy to dismiss names as being 'chav' well then maybe you need to check your own sensitivity levels.

'All I see is you trolling the baby names board constantly putting harsh, mean and rude comments to the ops.'

I'm happy to disagree hear too, I give my honest opinion which is often quite positive. But if you're of the opinion that I troll then by all means please report me.

Really?

All I see is you trolling the baby names board constantly putting harsh, mean and rude comments to the ops.

Maybe I was harsh to suggest a lack of brain cells - maybe a lack of any sensitivity. It's possible to put across an opinion without being unjustifiably horrid for no reason.

At the last check my brain cells were found to be in plentiful supply thanks. I read the post as it was intended.

OP I think most people with more then 2 brain cells read your opening post as it was intended

I'm in the essex / london area and we don't have many Matilda's here at school. DS is 6 and have never come across one at school or nursery etc.

I wouldn't call it chav but that seems to be a geographical thing by what others are saying.

I think it's lovely. The only thing I would say is when thinking of names I try to imagine them being able to go to business meetings when they're 30+ and introduce themselves.

Sounds silly but that is my test with names to check that they aren't too cutesy.