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The nickname Tatty

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MamaLoLo1 · 09/11/2020 20:13

Any ideas to which name/s could be the source of the nickname Tatty?

Just watched the 2016 Swallows & Amazons (I know the original was Titty...) and think it's rather sweet. The only one I can think of would be Tatiana.

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RainbowMum11 · 10/11/2020 01:19

Natasha
Tatiana
Anastasia

Really, a nickname doesn't need to be directly linked to the main name

alexdgr8 · 10/11/2020 01:17

better a name for a dog than a child.
it has negative connotations for a person.
don't do it. why burden your child like that, the vanity of a whim.

mamapisspants · 10/11/2020 01:13

Tatti/tatty= poo where I am, so no.

bumblebumblebumblebee · 10/11/2020 01:13

All I think of when I see tatty is

Tatty bye

Sarahtops · 10/11/2020 01:13

I taught a Tatiana known as Tati. Always thought it a pretty name.

raskolnikova · 10/11/2020 01:06

The poster called Tatty Devine presumably named herself after the jewellery brand.

hilariousnamehere · 10/11/2020 00:09

I think I read somewhere that Ransome's Titty was Titiana - no clue how much truth there is in that although I love the books!

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MamaLoLo1 · 09/11/2020 23:36

So many possibilities! I can understand the potato and scruffy potential but still think it sounds like a fun nickname for a little girl ✌️

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MerchantOfVenom · 09/11/2020 21:03

*evolved!

TomNooksBalanceBook · 09/11/2020 21:03

Tattie as in potato? Why not spud?

MerchantOfVenom · 09/11/2020 21:02

The Tatty I knew in childhood was a Catherine, but as upthread, I think it revolves naturally.

museumum · 09/11/2020 21:02

I’m in Scotland - you really wouldn’t want to call your kid tattie here 🥔

Meepmeeep · 09/11/2020 21:02

Potato?

ILoveYoga · 09/11/2020 21:01

Not a good sounding nickname

Conjures up someone tatty, unkempt, torn/dirty clothing etc

ZebraKid71 · 09/11/2020 21:01

I know a Tatiana who goes by Tati (she's American and living in the states so it's generally pronounced to sound more like Toddy). I'm not a fan but it's marginally better than how it would be pronounced in the UK.

I really don't think it works here, I just think of potatoes or read it to mean scruffy.

lorisparkle · 09/11/2020 21:00

My friends nickname as a child was 'Tatty head' because her brother could not say her name - Catherine. I used to think it was rather cute but it evolved rather than was planned.

wwud12 · 09/11/2020 20:58

Isn't it a potato, or a scruffy child?

GirlCalledJames · 09/11/2020 20:56

The Dickens character‘s full name is Harriet.

NannyR · 09/11/2020 20:56

I don't know if it's just a Yorkshire thing, but the word tatty means scruffy, worn out - not something I would personally call a child.

GoldenZigZag · 09/11/2020 20:53

Natalie

But you do know it means scruffy don't you?

Oneandabean · 09/11/2020 20:51

The ones I know wereNatasha, I didn’t realise it could be short for anything else.

midnightstar66 · 09/11/2020 20:46

Actually thinking about it I knew a couple of tatties back in the day - they were Male with the surname Tait

CherryPavlova · 09/11/2020 20:33

The Tattys I know are a Matilda and an Anastasia.

Bejazzled · 09/11/2020 20:22

Tatty Devine was a good Mumsnet poster of yesteryear

midnightstar66 · 09/11/2020 20:20

Well it's a commonly used word for potato here, so no!