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Felicity with the nickname Tilly... Too much of a leap?

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Tobermory · 05/04/2010 13:46

Does it work do u think or are they too different?

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Tobermory · 05/04/2010 14:59

Thumbchick, you are right he would hate it but I'm not keen either!
Chantilly ... Nice !

Squidget, there's a thought!!!!

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itsybitsy08 · 05/04/2010 14:56

I agree its not too much of a leap! Who says a nn has to be a shortened version of original name? I love Tilly! Also Felicity! Go for it, like lowrib said, people will get used to it.

Magaly · 05/04/2010 14:54

What about Ottilie? Or Ottoline. Those names wouldn't be my cup of tea but they do lead more logically to Tilly.

lowrib · 05/04/2010 14:26

It's not to much of a leap!

If you like it, go for it. People might think it's strange when you ask on Mnet, but in real life, when they meet Tilly (NN Felicity) people will get used to it.

A NN is something you actually call your child. It doesn't even have to relate to their name. Lots of my adult friends are known by NNs which have nothing to do with their actual given names.

Come to think of it, I call my DS Squidget a lot of the time. I must get out of the habit before he starts nursery though. I don't want him being called Squidget aged 36! )

thumbchick · 05/04/2010 14:12

I don't suppose he'd like Clothilde either, would he.
I've just googled other names to use Tilly as a nn for and found your previous thread - Nathalie/Ottilie seemed good options to shorten to Tilly instead?

Or you could go all "chav" and call her Chantilly... Or what about Chantelle? that could go to Tilly at a push. Probably not the right "sort" of name though?

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Tobermory · 05/04/2010 13:59

littledawley the same thing happened with DD1, her nickname was all planned out and she is known as something completely different.
thumbchick DH really doesn't like Matilda, so it's a no go!

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irisblue · 05/04/2010 13:58

Unfortunately, I think it's too much of a leap as it's not a natural nn for Felicity...

However, could you call her Felicity with Tilly or Matilda as a middle name? Or if you love the name Tilly why not call her that with Felicity as a middle name?

LOVE the name Tilly....

thumbchick · 05/04/2010 13:53

too much of a leap imo - oddly, I know 2 sisters who are called Felicity and Tilly (from Matilda).

A friend of mine used Fliss as a nickname for Felicity; I prefer Lissie though.

littledawley · 05/04/2010 13:50

I like it. You may find that you name the baby Felicity and a totally different nickname sticks - I chose DD2's name purely based on what I was going to shorten it to; we now use another nn which is nothing like the one I had planned!

EvilTwins · 05/04/2010 13:50

Surely it doesn't reeeeally matter. Call her Felicity if you like it, but then tell people her nn is Tilly. My Godson is called Alex, nn Stan. We tend to call DD1 Doodle, though her name is Daisy. No one had a problem with calling Godson Stan - most people understood his name was actually Alex.

Fimbow · 05/04/2010 13:49

Yes too much

cyteen · 05/04/2010 13:48

Definitely too much of a leap.

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