If I like Martha...

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Isit2021yetplease · 16/12/2020 09:14

Expecting a DD...we already have a Joseph. I really like the name Martha, but it annoys me there isn't a good shortened nickname for it!

Please can I have some suggestions which are similar?

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Gemma888 · 16/12/2020 09:41

Just a lovely name. I keep trying to sneak it on our list but husband wasn’t a fan.

ILoveStickers · 16/12/2020 09:39

The traditional English nicknames for Martha are Matty and Patty. (Patty later got co-opted by Patricia.)

I'd go with Martha, if that's what you like.

ForestNymph · 16/12/2020 09:28

Does it need one? Martha is lovely.

Here's some names I find similar

Beatrice
Nancy
Elizabeth
Victoria
Eliza
Annabelle
Olympia
Desdemona
Georgina

monkeysonthemoon · 16/12/2020 09:26

DH's mum's name was Martha and she was called Mattie by most people. There's a great song on Gerry Rafferty's album City to City called Mattie's Rag, which is about his daughter Martha .

Why does there have to be a nickname for a name ?

Zofloratheexplora · 16/12/2020 09:20

Margot
Imogen
Harriet

diddlediddle · 16/12/2020 09:20

I like Martha but isn't Martha and Joseph a bit Mary and Joseph??

What other names do you like, to get an idea of style?

Heidi?
Helena?
Poppy?
Cleo?
Thea?

Mrsi2020 · 16/12/2020 09:19

I have a Madison and she NEVER gets maddie lol, she gets “mads” randomly 🤣

I agree I like the nicknames that come naturally too.... Martha could get Marty?
Margot? Do you like Jessie for a girl? You could have Joseph and Jessica ? Xx

scentedgeranium · 16/12/2020 09:17

That's a very biblical combo! Nice names tho.
However I don't understand the MN obsession for pre-ordained nicknames. The best ones are ones which evolve and have little to do with the original.

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