Hattie or Hettie?

[PreciousPeach]

I know it is only a teeny difference but anyway which do you prefer?

Very sorry but I don't like either.

Kitty?

Harriet with Hattie for short, but since Harriet is out, then neither for me.

I knew a lovely Hettie who was always Hettie. Her surname had the same short E sound in it. It went very well.

Hettie sounds better

Neither if you're going to use them as the full name. That's like sticking 'poppet' on their birth certificate. I call my DD 'picklepig' more than her actual name, but I still don't think it would have been a good idea to register her as that.

And no, it's not just a mumsnet thing. I've been judgey about nicknames as full names since I was tiny, and have only been on mumsnet a few months :)

Well peppinagiro I think your wrong just like you think I'm wrong so neh, live and let live, each to their own etc etc [sticking out tongue emoticon]

Can I throw Etta into the mix?

Hettie! I knew the most amazing little Hettie once. I'm with you on the "not a real name" issue, OP - I've got a real "thing" about giving my children the name I'm going to call them by, as I got very upset at having to have a name that wasn't mine (I'd never been called that) read out at my wedding - so upset in fact that I changed my first name by deed poll to the name I've always been called.

Hattie and Hettie are fine.

Harriet is really, really awful. I'd only give that name to the daughter of my mortal foe........if my mortal foe entrusted me with naming their child, which is unlikely I suppose.

Hettie

Isn't Hettie an abbreviation of heterosexual; "is he a hettie?"

I adore Hattie.

Dd2 is Hattie and we have a friend whose dd is called Hettie (they are similar ages but we became friends 2 years ago and they are 7 now ) love Hattie's name (nick name is tat-tat) we get lots of lovely compliments on it, in hindsight I think we should have used Harriet on her birth certificate for when she's older but hey ho can't change it now! My Hattie is stubborn but the cheekiest, cuddliest adorable and downright stubborn 7 year old I know lo

I love both but would go with Hetty rather than Hettie.

Hattie
But then i might be biased!

I have gay friends who refer to straight people as 'hetty' (with their noses turned up) so would choose Hattie if I had to. I prefer another poster's suggestion of Etta though.

Hattie

Fwiw I have the shortened version of a name on my BC, its only been a problem once when the drs receptionist couldn't find me, she was searching for the 'longer' version.

Hettie.

I know a Hetty (not short for anything) and it really suits her. I also know a Hettie, Hetty and Hattie (all short for Harriet, believe it or not). Not keen on Hattie.

Neither. Unless you're naming a Shetland pony.

Another one who can only think of the pink hoover in the henry series when you say Hettie

Hettie.
But I do think they're both a tiny bit... silly (?) as names without the full name.

Hattie

Agree Hetty just looks more finished. I honestly think it's fine. I called my daughter Kate and got a right old pasting on here for not putting Katherine or Kaitlyn on her birth certificate - but we weren't keen on those names! DD loves her name, and as a bonus everyone knows how to spell and pronounce it because it's simple and strong.

What about Tatiana ?

I love Hattie and I class it as a proper name.

I have a Hetty, not short for anything and I love it! Only ever met one other. Know several Hatties.