martha and matilda your thoughts

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i know they are relatively popular but i quite like them opinions please
which do you prefer

I like them. I prefer Martha, but Matilda is good and the shortened forms are good too

Prefer Martha too. If it went with my surname I'd have used it for DD2.

i like them because they are not overly feminine but yet girly at the same time . hey feel quite robust .

sorry i don't really like either of them

love Marta, but that's not much help is it

I really don't like Martha, think it's an ugly name like Bertha, Maid's names, sorry but you did ask. I always think would I as an adult like to be called "...." and the answer for Martha is NO. Maltida is a bit better.

Martha is OK, prefer other M names though (Miriam, Mary, Miranda).

Dislike Matilda/Tilly, it's too prim and faddy.

Martha is absolutely lovely, not as common as Matilda, and no nasty nn's like Tillie or Matti!!!

I have a Mathilda and it does irk me that people see it as 'faddy'. It's been in our family for years and years. I always said as a child I'd use it and back then it was rare to hear it. It is actually going back down the charts now after a surge a couple of years ago.

DD is a Tilda though, never Tilly, sometimes Mathilda.

Martha's pretty.

I dislike Martha personally but think Matilda is adorable if a bit popular.

I prefer martha by quite some way. I don't think it's an 'ugly' name. And Matilda is a little bit tooooo pretty for my taste, esp the nn Tilly. Love Tilda as a nn though.

Martha ok but Matilda is softer and prettier

I love Martha.

Matilda is nice, but popular atm. Depends if you mind there being another one at school.

I quite like Matilda.

Martha just makes me think of old ladies though.

Love them both.

Love Martha - it's what ds2 would have been had he been a girl

Think Martha and Matilda are both lovely, both were on my list but oooo I think Meredith is nicer- same ballpark but less common and very very nice indeed (IMO)

I have a Martha who's almost 4 and I love her name!

was almost put off by martha being the patron saint of housewifes though...

DH loves Martha, hates Matilda. I loved Matilda for a while but hated Martha with our surname (which is kind of solid, like Martha).

Matilda/Tilly is prettier, Martha is cooler so long as the child doesn't have sturdy genes.

Bingo - I have both, so I think a fantastic choice. Now 12 and 15 and names seem to have suited them throughout their childhood and still seem appropriate. Martha is always Martha and Matilda is sometimes Tilly to her friends, but not at home.