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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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AdalindSchade · 19/12/2017 07:01

If she's been called Lottie all her life she won't want to introduce herself as Matilda in a job interview!

HeteronormativeHaybales · 19/12/2017 07:00

I'm afraid it would be a bit like introducing people to baby Katherine, nickname Polly. There's just no connection.

If you want your dd to be called Lottie, call her Lottie - you can have Charlotte on the birth certificate so she can use it when she grows up, but only ever have her known as Lottie everywhere. Charlotte Matilda is a fine name. Or call her Matilda Charlotte, known as Lottie - it's not at all unheard of for people to go by their middle names or versions thereof.

TalkingSheds · 19/12/2017 07:00

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

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Mum8 · 19/12/2017 07:00

Waitingonasmile That was my reply to your question, sorry forgot to add that

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Mum8 · 19/12/2017 06:59

Because when she grows up and goes for job interviews she may want to have a more mature name to fall back on

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Mum8 · 19/12/2017 06:57

Oh that’s a Shame, thank you. Was trying to see if Charlotte and Ottilie are the only ways and I love the nickname Lottie

Nice names but I know so many Charlottes and no Matilda’s and I do think Matilda is sweet.

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Waitingonasmile · 19/12/2017 06:57

Most definitely not! It's not even nearly similar. Why don't you just go with Lotte and not bother with Matilda?

mumof2sarah · 19/12/2017 06:57

You can use what ever you want as nicknames it doesn't have to connected to a name. Out of all my siblings not one has a nickname that's connected. They've got nicknames from their personalities and then my newphews and my own children are the same x

FluffyMcCloud · 19/12/2017 06:56

I agree that you can do what you want with nicknames but I can't see how you'd get Lottie from Matilda?

AdalindSchade · 19/12/2017 06:56

No

Marmite27 · 19/12/2017 06:55

Is like Caroline Wink

Marmite27 · 19/12/2017 06:55

It’s a nickname, you can use what you like. My parents call me Lottie and my name is Caroline!

HelenaJustina · 19/12/2017 06:54

Nah, not really

OhforfucksakeFay · 19/12/2017 06:54

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PlaymobilPirate · 19/12/2017 06:53

Nope- nowhere near!

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