Anyone have a 'just' Tilda?

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For hypothetical future dd, I like Matilda but dd1s name starts with M and the two.names.together are a bit twee.

What about 'just' Tilda?

Fwiw, dds name is technically a shortening for.two.names, neither of which we liked so just gave her the shortening.

Yup - basmati for me too.

Rice, I'm afraid. Sorry OP. It is actually very pretty.

Totally rice.

I think two m s is ok. Plus there are other shortenings of Matilda which she might prefer to use

The rice thing never occurred to me - I just thought of Tilda Swinton. I think it's really pretty, and unusual without being weird

I like Tilda.

And, for what it's worth, I followed the advice of not giving a child a nn and named DD2 the proper name. Lived to regret it. The nn would have been sooo much better.

I definetly will.never be persuaded to use a full.name if I love the nn (and know I will never use the full).

Dds name is utterly perfect so I would be happy to do.it again.

I would always go for the longer name and leave it up to my child to choose, but with that in mind would only choose a name where I like both long and short versions. I would hate to have been given my short name (which I use quite happily) as my full name.

I love the name Tilda and think it sounds lovely with Meg.

Tilda swinton-an amazing actress :)

I love Tilda! DDs friend is Tilda and it's a great name.

Differing to several on here I think you should name a child what you plan on calling them.

My 7yo is Matilda but we have always called her Tilda or Tildy.

I don't immediately get the rice reference as not originally from the UK but love the ref to Tilda Swinton who is amazing. I think the name works at 7, 27 or 77. Go for it.

I'm not sure it stands on it's own in the same way Meg does.

Tilda Swinton is actually called Katherine (Matilda).