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Alternative to Matilda

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WSLTitanic1912 · 14/06/2020 09:28

Still struggling with girls names.
I absolutely loved Matilda and struggling with not being able to use now.
Please don't tell me to "just use it" because I can't. I would lose 4 friends if I used it.

What do you think I would love just as much as Matilda?

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jendalin · 15/06/2020 19:45

Martha

Whenwilllifebenormal · 15/06/2020 18:58

Could you use Tilly?

Lynda07 · 15/06/2020 18:56

I like Miranda, Jemima, Letitia, Fiona - if you want an 'a' at the end. I prefer all of those to Matilda actually.

captainraymondholt · 15/06/2020 18:53

Constance/Connie
Beatrice/Bea
Tabitha
Miranda
Meredith

ArriettyJones · 14/06/2020 18:14

Martha
Jemima
Tabitha
Maude
Margot

autumnkate · 14/06/2020 18:10

Jemima

autumnkate · 14/06/2020 18:09

Tabitha
Theodora

Phoebeboo · 14/06/2020 18:07

Margot
Sophie
Dorothy
Beatrix
Enid

HelmutShmacker · 14/06/2020 18:03

Bryony
Lydia
Harriet
Zara
Fern
Sadie
Amber
Heidi
Sasha
Susie
Eloise
Shelby
Naomi
Erin
Beatrix
Phoebe
Beatrice
Jasmine
Annie
Esme
Greta
Connie
Erica
Robyn
Noelle

CaffiSaliMali · 14/06/2020 18:00

Maud (the English version of Matilda during the Anarchy - Matilda was often called Maud in England at that time).

I really like daisy's suggestion of Mara.

Harriet
Romilly
Juliet
Rosalind
Rosamund
Louisa
Morven
Morwenna
Marianne

A few other names which have that medieval feel:

Isabella
Eleanor
Margaret
Alice
Cecily
Katharine
Elizabeth
Marian
Edith
Isolde
Iseult
Philippa
Martha

AnneKipanki · 14/06/2020 13:28

Pollyanna

bridgetreilly · 14/06/2020 13:26

I mean, if your friends would genuinely drop you for giving your daughter the name that you love... get better friends?

DeadButDelicious · 14/06/2020 13:12

Mara is a great idea! Also like Martha.

When I think of the name Matilda I think of;

Tabitha
Ingrid
Astrid
Daphne
Lydia
Rhea
Greta
Hilda (due a come back IMO)
Ida
Frieda
Klara
Thilda (though that might be a bit close given your situation)
Theodora

MarkingTime2020 · 14/06/2020 13:02

I think Martha is very similar vibe

whydoesitalwaysrainonme82 · 14/06/2020 13:00

Sorry re read your original msg in detail. Ignore mine X

whydoesitalwaysrainonme82 · 14/06/2020 12:58

I have a Matilda, never regretted it. She gets called Matilda, Tilda, Tilly and now she is older she likes to be called Mattie!

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WSLTitanic1912 · 14/06/2020 12:34

@daisypond Thank you. Well worth considering.

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daisypond · 14/06/2020 12:28

The child actress who played Matilda is called Mara. That’s a nice name and it has some similarities to Matilda.

Dovefeather · 14/06/2020 12:25

Adaline
Madeleine
Magdalene
Clementine
Natalya
Tallulah
Athelie

MrsGilly1 · 14/06/2020 12:18

Hi,

Names very similar to Matilda are Tilda and Tilly?

Or similar vein names...

Abigail
Ada
Alice
Amelia
Annabelle
Aurelia
Aurora
Ava

Beatrice
Beatrix
Bella
Bethany
Betsy

Callie
Cerys
Clementine/Clemmy
Connie

Darcie
Daisy
Delilah
Dottie

Edie
Effie
Eleanor
Eliza
Ella
Emmeline
Esme
Etta
Evangeline
Evelyn/Evie

Felecity
Florence/Florrie
Freya

Georgia
Gracie

Hattie
Heidi
Hermione
Hettie
Holly

Ida
Imogen
Isabella
Isla
Isobel
Izolda

Jasmine
Jemima
Jessica

Kaitlin
Katie

Lana
Lettie
Lilah
Lily
Lissy
Lois
Lottie
Lucia
Lucy

Mabel
Madeleine
Maisie
Maribelle
Martha
Megan
Milly
Minnie
Molly

Nellie
Norah

Olivia
Ophelia
Orla

Paige
Penélope/Penny
Poppy

Rosalie
Ruby

Scarlett
Sienna
Sophia

Thea

Violet

Xanthe

Zara

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WSLTitanic1912 · 14/06/2020 12:12

@daisypond I'm not really sure what I love about it. Think the film conjured up a lovely imagine of a girl name Matilda and that has always stuck with me.
Thats why I am struggling to find something equally as nice.

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babynamelover · 14/06/2020 10:27

Martha
Marnie
Margot
Minerva
Millicent
Myrtle
Marianne
Mallory
Mignon
Muriel
Morag
Morwenna
Molly
Mireille
Moana
Milena
Mila

SandieCheeks · 14/06/2020 10:14

Beatrice, Alice, Madeline, Imogen, Evelyn, Edith are similar style/Matilda siblings I know.

There are loads of little Matildas about though, so I wouldn't worry about choosing the same name as a friend.

daisypond · 14/06/2020 10:10

Can you pin down what you like about Matilda? Three syllables? Very old English?Germanic origin?

Adelaide?
Heidi?
Ingrid?
Tamara?
Marianne?
Rosamund?
Leonie?

sweetnosugar · 14/06/2020 10:01

Marnie
Mabel

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