Opinions on the name Mattie for a girl

[expecting543]

Hi looking for opinions on the name Mattie for a girl, possibly Matilda on BC.

Love it! It's different but not too different which is perfect!

My mum is also a Martha - we call her Mattie.

I love it of course.

I think it's cute, but if you're not already you should be aware that there's a Mattie in the first season of the UK house of cards, who likes to call the much older man she's sleeping with 'Daddy'. That would squick me out a bit.

Love it x

Cute, but definitely as a shortening of Matilda or Martha than as a given name.

I like Matilda, with Tilda and Tilly as NNs but definitely not Mattie, it is a boy's name to me, also very young childish, most Matthews shorten Matty to Matt as they get older.

Love it, also love other variants of Matilda such as Maddie or Tillie.

It's the name of Ricky France-Lynch's favourite pony in Polo by Jilly Cooper

Just so you know

I'm not keen but I don’t like the name Matilda anyway as I know 2 dogs with that name

I have a gorgeous kitty called Matilda

Love it. A friend's sister is Matti, short for Matilda, and it really suits her.

I think it's lovely.

Don't understand though, if you like Mattie and that's what you would be calling her, why you would give her a different name on the birth certificate.

There's a baby name board!

How can this be deemed AIBU?
I really hope this board doesn't get clogged up with baby names. At the very least it could have gone in chat.
I know people may say why does it matter however if it didn't matter why bother having seperate topics. Let's just have a free for all.
Why not post about a failing relationship in Style and Beauty, why not talk about your new horse in Telly addicts section!

By the way, I don't mind it as a name.

I would always go for long name on BC, we did with both ours and they really like having all the options now they are older and people invariably assume the NN versions are shortenings anyway. DH and I are the same, we use both our long and short versions in different situations.

Sorry but I loathe this phenomenon of packing a name and a nickname for a child.

It's greedy. Pick a name, if a nickname originates then let it do so organically.

All this 'DD is called Amelia NN Milly" fucks me right off. Pick a name.....

Mattie as a name for a girl is cute. It's actually quite nice but it's not really a 'name' as such.

It may well be a NN for Matilda but it may not. If you like it then use it but don't hedge your bets with this name is X but NN is Y shit

• pick not pack.

• Picking not packing. Fuck off phone.

Horrendous reminds me of matted hair

No. Don't like it. It puts me in mind of MATTE, which is a health and safety thing.

Not for me. Surely a shortening of Matthew?

Serena is better, honest.

Mattie is a lovely name/nickname - it could also be short for Matigan (which is probably an unusual name in the UK?)

'Mattina'

Orda- Mattina is a very common Italian name

It's cute