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Tally

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Salvia89 · 13/03/2022 11:13

Hi all,

36 weeks now and still deciding on a name for our little girl!

Our current front-runners are Robyn and Cassie, however I just watched a film with a character in it called Tally and think I really like it!

What's everyone's thoughts??

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MrsSkylerWhite · 13/03/2022 13:54

DebiNewberry1997

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I've been looking since I posted and I think it might just be a racist thing in Scotland. It's the title of a famous Scottish play which is about racism. Definitely offensive“

Well you live and learn. Thanks, interesting.

WalkingOnSonshine · 13/03/2022 13:48

Love it as a shortening for Talitha.

Also really like Billie and Stevie.

KirstenBlest · 13/03/2022 13:43

Living tally

DebiNewberry1997 · 13/03/2022 13:41

@DominickTheItalianXmasDonkey
@MrsSkylerWhite

I've been looking since I posted and I think it might just be a racist thing in Scotland. It's the title of a famous Scottish play which is about racism. Definitely offensive.

AHungryCaterpillar · 13/03/2022 13:25

No

TenThousandSpoons · 13/03/2022 13:24

Tally chart/Tally ho!

Robyn is lovely.

MrsSkylerWhite · 13/03/2022 13:16

DominickTheItalianXmasDonkey

Tally is offensive slang for Italian.“

Is it really? Have never heard that (in the UK)

SleeplessWB · 13/03/2022 13:15

I think Cassie is lovely.

Snowbell99 · 13/03/2022 13:11

Me too. Robin gives me nature vibes but Robyn gives me middle-aged vibes and I think of the singer.

Similar with Lily which I love and makes me think of flowers. Lilly doesn't do anything for me.

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KirstenBlest · 13/03/2022 13:04

OK as nn for Natalia

DominickTheItalianXmasDonkey · 13/03/2022 13:02

Tally is offensive slang for Italian.

September29th · 13/03/2022 13:01

Cally maybe?

SherbertLemons · 13/03/2022 12:56

I'd think it's a nickname for Thalia

Tsuni · 13/03/2022 12:54

Do you like Talia or Tahlia?

helpmum2003 · 13/03/2022 12:16

Tallulah?

Talia?

September29th · 13/03/2022 12:09

Not as an actual name. It means total when adding up a bill 'Tally up' or tally man - when you buy something 'on tick' and pay it off weekly. When I saw the thread title I thought you were asking about the word/if it is still used/which part of the country it is from etc.

As a nickname it is fine.

DoorLion · 13/03/2022 11:52

Robyn with a y is the usual spelling for a girl. Robin for a boy

I don’t think that is necessarily true, I agree you would be unlikely to find a boy Robyn but there have been lots of girl Robins, and I also prefer it without a Y. Robin Wright the actress for example, and girl Robins abounded in the school stories I used to read - I’m not sure Chalet School Robin was really called Robin although I may be wrong, but I definitely had a book called Robin the Rebel and she was definitely a girl!

Anyway, sorry, thread derailment, I just wanted to defend girl Robin-without-a-Y.

DebiNewberry1997 · 13/03/2022 11:49

I thought it was a racist slur? That's the context I've heard it in. Is that just in Scotland? There's a famous Scottish play called Tally's Blood.

Floralnomad · 13/03/2022 11:46

There is a character in an episode of Midsommer Murders called Tallis which is different but nice .

PancakeBae · 13/03/2022 11:44

Definitely Tally Ho.

FantasticFebruary · 13/03/2022 11:44

@Yika. That was traditional y for a girl & i for a boy, but now things seems quite mixed.

I like Robin with a i for a girl

Cassie & Tally I'd use as nicknames.

Snowbell99 · 13/03/2022 11:44

Robin can also be used for girls, it's a nature name and much better than Robyn to me which feels dated.

In the US Robin was super common for girls also, I just don't like sticking that Y in there it looks so trendy.

Amrapaali · 13/03/2022 11:43

No.

There used to be an accounting software caked Tally. Aeons ago. I can even remember their font.

MRSAHILL · 13/03/2022 11:42

I'm Cally, always loved it and never met another one.