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Matilda Rose or Heidi Rose?

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CinderellaFant · 12/12/2021 18:45

I think I'm leaning slightly more towards Matilda. Which do you prefer?

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Lushplease · 13/12/2021 20:45

As a pp suggested Heidi Matilda is lovely.

itwasntaparty · 13/12/2021 12:37

Heidi

orangeblosssom · 13/12/2021 12:14

Matilda

Heidi sounds old fashioned and for some reason Heidi Rose make me think of a villain.
Also the two names just don't go together.

WhoppingBigBackside · 13/12/2021 11:14

Heidi as you have no control over nn.
I'd rethink the middle name, as Rose is too popular as a middle name

Heidi Matilda is nice

MonkeyPuddle · 13/12/2021 11:08

I have a Matilda. We call her Tilda. Or Teapots. I think as we’ve always called her Tilda no one has used Tilly.

Mumofgirls2017 · 13/12/2021 11:04

Both lovely, prefer Matilda

Edenember · 13/12/2021 10:48

Heidi. But I like Tilda more than both - it’s on my list.

Luredbyapomegranate · 13/12/2021 07:36

100% Matilda - great name

Heidi is so flipping twee

MousesBack · 13/12/2021 07:28

Matilda Rose sound better than Heidi Rose BUT the question you should asking yourself instead is "Do I prefer Matilda or Heidi?" because that's the name you're actually going to be using a hundred times a day from now on. The Rose bit is an adjunct so don't let it blind you.
For that reason, I'd go with Heidi which I think is the preferable first name; more unusual and less prone to shortening.

Starryskiesinthesky · 13/12/2021 07:27

Heidi is much nicer.

Monkeytapper · 13/12/2021 07:26

You will get Tilly and Tills with Matilda. Can’t shorten Heidi

Monkeytapper · 13/12/2021 07:25

Heidi Rose

LadyWithLapdog · 13/12/2021 07:24

Heidi Rose is a great choice.

I think Rae is now the go-to middle name.

wingsofabird · 13/12/2021 07:23

Matilda

mafted · 13/12/2021 07:14

Matilda, I love Matty as a nn for it.
Not keen on Heidi really.
Rose while a beautiful name is one of the go to middle names, seemingly every other girl born has Rose or May as a middle name. I'd choose something else.

wingingit33 · 13/12/2021 06:57

If you don't like Tilly as a nickname I think that's your answer.

TuftyMarmoset · 12/12/2021 23:01

What I also don’t like about Heidi is that it is basically meaningless. So Adelheid means nobility, adel means noble. -heid (or modern German -heit) essentially means -ness.

Matilda means strength in battle which is way cooler Smile

Shannonz · 12/12/2021 22:59

Matilda rose! Absolutely love it. So much so that you’re making me regret my daughters choice of name 11 months on .. why didn’t I think of that Grin

TuftyMarmoset · 12/12/2021 22:58

@lucascriesalot it’s definitely originally short for Adelheid (which is anglicised as Adelaide). Maybe it’s more popular now as a standalone name but as a German speaker I can tell you this is 100% its origin!
This is also the case for the character Heidi in the book by Johanna Spyri.

WeasilyPleased · 12/12/2021 22:54

I have a second cousin called Heidi. She is ironically Swiss. And horrible. When I was a child she tormented me by stamping on grass snakes so for that reason alone I much prefer Matilda.

lucascriesalot · 12/12/2021 22:50

@TuftyMarmoset

Matilda, definitely. Heidi is a nickname for Adelaide and seems a bit unfinished on an adult to me. I don’t think it goes as well with Rose either.
Never in my 63 years have I heard Heidi as a nickname for anything. Heidi is definitely a complete name in and of itself.

That being said, I prefer Matilda. Maybe she will be able to do magic.

DramaAlpaca · 12/12/2021 22:48

Matilda by about a million miles. It's classic and beautiful, and paired with Rose it's stunning.

Heidi is awful, so twee and cutesy. It's a diminutive of the German Adelheid, not Adelaide as said above though I suppose it would work with that name too. But on its own, it's not good.

hopingforabrighterfuture2021 · 12/12/2021 22:44

Both lovely names, but I prefer Matilda.

user1493494961 · 12/12/2021 22:43

Matilda.

PurpleFlower1983 · 12/12/2021 22:36

Matilda, my DD is Tilda and it really suits her.