Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

Names like Matilda

56 replies

El91 · 17/12/2021 19:09

Hi!
My partner and I are having a hard time coming up with a name for our baby girl that we both agree on. I’m not due until May so still have loads of time but i want to have a name decided.
At the minute her name is Matilda. I love it but my partner just thinks it’s ok.
Other names we like are Alice and Darcie.

Can anyone think of any other names along the same lines as these. I like ‘normal’ and old fashioned names as opposed to modern names.
Her middle name will be Elizabeth so something that goes with that 😊

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
user1492757084 · 15/04/2022 04:05

Matilda Elizabeth is lovely.

It also has the gorgeous nick name,Tilly.

Alice Elizabeth have a similar sound at the start.
Darcie is not best for me.

Claire
Felicity
Ellenor or Eleanor or Elena
Rose
Celia
Cosima
Mary
Alexandra
Dulcie
Cate

Theoldwoman · 15/04/2022 03:05

I love Alice.

Other names:

Juliet Elisabeth
Olive Elisabeth
Charlotte Elisabeth
Laura Elisabeth
Zara Elisabeth
Millicent Elisabeth

Padderbadger · 15/04/2022 02:43

Miranda?

ODFOx · 11/04/2022 14:37

Matilda
Alice
Darcy
Lucinda
Louise
Jane
Francesca
Stephanie
Portia
Madeleine
Phoebe

Stargazer89 · 11/04/2022 13:54

I love Matilda and Alice. You can't go wrong with either names in my opinion. I think Alice Elizabeth sounds beautiful.

Both names were on my list and we went for Alice but other names we liked were:
Francesca
Emily
Harriet
Anna
Sophia
Jessica

Good luck with it all and let us know what you decide 💐

KirstenBlest · 11/04/2022 08:29

I don't like Darcie/Darcy/Darcey at all

If you like Matilda, you might like Jemima or Tabitha.

If you like ballerina names, Angelina or Tamara, orv Anna, Natalia, Margot, etc

timoteigirl · 10/04/2022 19:21

Lacey / Lacy?
Rosamund / Rosamunde / Rosalind

LuckyMum3 · 21/12/2021 11:34

Love love love Matilda! It was dds name until the day she was born.

Beatrice
Eliza
Isabella
Annabell
Florence
Nancy
Violet

AprilMayAnne · 20/12/2021 13:20

If you like the nickname Tilly/Tally, Natalia is also a lovely option

MargosKaftan · 20/12/2021 13:00

@MatildaIThink

I of course think Matilda is a lovely name, but I don't think I have met any Matildas under 25 and it is not exactly common.
I know quite a few Matildas, and also quite a few Tilly's who are Matilda on their birth certificate.

Similar feeling names/female siblings of Matlidas/Tillys i know -

Florence
Annabel
Eloise
Penelope
Eleanor
Charlotte
Violet
Alice (but on your list already!)

AprilMayAnne · 20/12/2021 12:53

The French variation Mathilde is very sweet and has a slightly different sound. Perhaps your partner might be more taken by it?

Baconking · 20/12/2021 12:51

I know a 5 year old Matilda.

If you like the name Elizabeth why not use that for a first name?

shalalala · 20/12/2021 12:45

Are you me?!

Eleanor
Bethany
Felicity
Ivy
Iris

MatildaIThink · 20/12/2021 12:41

I of course think Matilda is a lovely name, but I don't think I have met any Matildas under 25 and it is not exactly common.

WhoppingBigBackside · 20/12/2021 12:32

I really dislike Darcie/Darcy/Darcey. It wasn't much used as a girl's name until the 1990s when Darcey Bussell became famous.

Alice is lovely.

Matilda is nice but dulled by popularity

3peassuit · 19/12/2021 15:16

Louise
Anne
Margaret
Sylvia
Jennifer
Juliet
Harriet

Roselilly36 · 19/12/2021 15:09

Tabitha
Belinda

peaceinourtime · 19/12/2021 14:44

Sydney?
another no for Darcie

MadeOfStarStuff · 19/12/2021 14:41

Tabitha
Felicity
Alice
Florence
Beatrice
Penelope
Jemima

LozMarieFielder · 19/12/2021 11:49

Matilda is lovely.

Ruby
Georgia
Erin
Phoebe
Lorelei
Carlotta
Winifred
Clementine
Daphne
Evelina
Selena
Arabella
Olympia
Octavia
Vivienne
Antonia

Ceramide · 19/12/2021 09:47

Melissa
Greta
Clementine
Georgiana
Cordelia
Saskia
Amber
Faith
Jessamine
Sophia
Xanthe
Elspeth
Miriam
Natasha
Vanessa

santabetterwashhishands · 19/12/2021 08:13

Martha
Heidi
Francesca
Florence
Clara
Rochelle
Mabel
Ada
Nora
Rosalie
Ava
Molly
Megan

crimblecrumbles · 19/12/2021 07:59

DD was going to be Matilda but named Ottilie in the end.

Thesearmsofmine · 18/12/2021 22:28

My first thought was Tabitha. Also Constance(which I love).

PurpleFlower1983 · 18/12/2021 22:25

Matilda is fabulous! Stick with it! (I have one!)