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Can you use nickname Lottie for Matilda?

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Mum8 · 19/12/2017 06:51

Just wondering as you can use Lottie and Tillie for Ottilie.

Can you not get nickname Lottie out of Matilda too?

I know this is usually a nickname for Charlotte

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NataliaOsipova · 19/12/2017 10:12

If you like the name Lottie, just call her Lottie... do you think anyone sits in a job interview thinking 'what a shame Jo didn't introduce herself as Joanne. Definitely can't give her a job now'

It's not that - in my experience, it's getting forms sent back with "full name please" and having to explain that Jo is your full name. Happens quite a lot to a friend of mine.

NataliaOsipova · 19/12/2017 10:08

I know two Matildas. One is Mattie and one is Tilly. Lottie is definitely a diminutive of Charlotte!

Paperchains1986 · 19/12/2017 10:06

If you like the name Lottie, just call her Lottie... do you think anyone sits in a job interview thinking 'what a shame Jo didn't introduce herself as Joanne. Definitely can't give her a job now'

SuburbanRhonda · 19/12/2017 10:01

I’m afraid Loretta reminds me of the scene in Life of Brian with the People’s Front of Judaea Grin

harrietm87 · 19/12/2017 09:42

Lieselotte is also nice (pron lee-ze-lott-e)?

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Mum8 · 19/12/2017 09:39

Labradoodliedoodoo Love Loretta, it’s growing on me.
Carlotta may also work as DH is Spanish but started liking Loretta, it is even closer to Lottie as a nickname and unusual... Have to pass it on to DH now, who does like Charlotte too

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MrsSchadenfreude · 19/12/2017 08:51

"Grander picture", lol.

Nicknames evolve, or you have a name that is a diminutive of the given name. If you want to call her Lottie, call her Lottie, either on its own, or as a shortening of Charlotte, Carlotta/other name which has "lott" in it. And yes, I would roll my eyes (and have done) when introduced to a baby that is called something that bears no relation to the name the parents have stuck on the birth certificate. That is to say, using your Lottie/Matilda example and my Susie/Annabelle example, not a nickname like "Curly" or something that has evolved.

And while we still have freedom of speech in this country, I'm entitled to voice my opinion, which is that a lot of people would think you, at the very least, odd to do what you are proposing. And you'll have to put up with a lot of questions along the lines of "Why would you call her Lottie when her name is Matilda?" which is what the Annabelle/Susie couple have done. And there is no really good answer.

SuburbanRhonda · 19/12/2017 08:34

Tilda is what you'll get from that, which is nice

And they make great basmati rice* Grin

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Mum8 · 19/12/2017 08:31

Oh congratulations RFM3, lovely name 😉 DP loves Lottie which I like to. Love Matilda though as the first name too, so something have too give. Like Lottie more as a nickname and Matilda in it’s full version

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RFM3 · 19/12/2017 07:56

My dd who is 7 weeks old is Matilda
We didn't want her to be Tilly so dh calls her Matty and me Tilda.
Love the name so much.

mumof2sarah · 19/12/2017 07:43

@MrsSchadenfreude so you're calling us loons then?? How very 'normal' you must be! My families nicknames come from our grandfather who based them on personalities of the babies and did it with all children! He's passed now but that still lives on! Perhaps you shouldn't call others names like that to get a point across and think about the grander picture

MsJolly · 19/12/2017 07:43

All the Matilda's that I know are know as Tilly or Tilda

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Mum8 · 19/12/2017 07:34

MrsSchadenfreude That’s exactly why I want a nickname that’s related, wouldnot Want that reaction

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HeteronormativeHaybales · 19/12/2017 07:27

Carlotta is actually quite nice, although for me she will always be the Spanish circus girl from St Clare's Grin

MrsSchadenfreude · 19/12/2017 07:26

Well, you can, but it would be ridiculous and make you look like a loon. I know a couple like this - their children have “nicknames” that bear no resemblance to their actual names - eg “Her name is Annabelle, but she’s known as Susie” and “ Her real name is Charlotte but we call her Angie.” You can just see the wtf face on people when they’re introduced.

Crumbs1 · 19/12/2017 07:23

Parents don’t usually get to choose the nicknames past toddlerhood. If you like Lottie, call her Lottie. If her name is to be Matilda she will be Mattie, Mads, Tilly, Tilda or even Grumble, Fizz, Smithy or a million other names unrelated to Lottie or Matilda.

Labradoodliedoodoo · 19/12/2017 07:23

Anyway it doesn’t matter about nicknames being used for interview purposes. Cute names are the norm now. Lottie is similar to flower names anyway. Daisy poppy rose it’s not a crazy name.

Labradoodliedoodoo · 19/12/2017 07:21

Loretta Lottie

pipilangstrumpf · 19/12/2017 07:20

Matilda is lovely as it is, why shorten it? And if her friends do shorten it, then probably to Matty or Tilda.

Flumplet · 19/12/2017 07:17

Tilly if you're desparate

BikeRunSki · 19/12/2017 07:15

You can nickname anybody anything, but Lottie is not an abbreviation or per form of Matilda.

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Mum8 · 19/12/2017 07:08

Or Carlotta, is that nice or too out there?

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Mum8 · 19/12/2017 07:07

And that it’s related to nickname too, Charlotte may be the way then

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Mum8 · 19/12/2017 07:06

Prefer to use a main name I like DC to use, oh if it wasn’t for the book Lottie Potter wants an Otter, just got me to love the name Lottie Grin and other DC love it too

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Ohyesiam · 19/12/2017 07:02

Yes, you can use whatever nick name you like. You don't have to explain your choices to anyone.

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