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Is Matilda too faddy?

34 replies

northconway · 02/09/2018 15:51

Dp and I both love the name Matilda, but I’ve seen comments on here that it’s a bit faddy and of the moment. Do you think it will date and become firmly linked with the 2010s, like Nicola is with the 1970s and Chloe is with the 1990s?

We also like Althea, Madeleine, Tabitha, Emily and Susanna.

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GreatDuckCookery6211 · 02/09/2018 17:48

Sorry Susanna too!

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 02/09/2018 17:48

Matilda is nice. I love Madeleine, Tabitha, Madeleine too.

Flamingosnbears · 02/09/2018 17:46

No it won't date and it's not faddy it's a beautiful historic name.
Unfortunately that can't be said for all names...

MollyHuaCha · 02/09/2018 17:27

I love Tabitha and Susannah.

Itsear · 02/09/2018 17:21

Also want to add that I love Susannah and I don’t think that it will date because it has never been wildly popular.

RavenWings · 02/09/2018 17:18

Yes, I think it will date. But the thing with faddy names is that when people meet your dd, they'll have an idea of her age anyway. It's not like naming her Gertrude or something else unfashionable will cloak that.

She will be one of a small horde, but if that doesn't bother you there's nothing wrong with it.

Itsear · 02/09/2018 17:16

By that definition 85% of girls name are faddy unfortunately. Matilda is ‘in’ at the moment and it will be ‘out’ in 10-15 years, it is similar to Florence in that respect. Go for it, what else do you like?

Dontletthebastardsgrindyoudown · 02/09/2018 16:18

Chloe's a beautiful name I don't think of it as faddy. Go for Matilda is lovely Smile

AtticaRose · 02/09/2018 16:16

Fwiw, I love it too, and I don't find it too faddy! I think it's almost the opposite - it was a popular classic for the whole 19th and part of the 20th century, but then had a (relatively brief) period of falling out of favour, before returning in the mid to late 90s. I don't know how popular it was before the C19th - but crops up a lot in mediaeval/early modern times too.

I think it's a name strongly associated with royalty, as are many other so-called "classic" and "timeless" names, but with a more marked dip in the 1950s-1990s than some of the others. So it's more a return to form than a fad. :-)

But that's just my read of the stats! Others will have other perspectives of course.

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