Dorothy or Matilda?

[TurquoiseFairy]

Our little girl is 2 days old.

Do you prefer Dorothy or Matilda?

Thank you

Matilda. Love matty and tilly. Strong name.

Matilda.

Both really lovely. I marginally prefer Dorothy I think. Dorothea even nicer!

Matilda

Dorothea is nice, but just seems so long (I don't even know why!)

Matilda is very popular, would that bother you?

Is it? I've only met one. Ive met more Dorothys but neither name is hardly popular.

(And popular names are popular for a reason etc.etc.)

Matilda is 27th! Dorothy is only 343rd!

Dorothy!

It's just ace.

Wizard of Oz and also I knew a Dorothy at school who was super cool (went by Dot but don't let that put you off).

Dorothy 😊.

My grans name and so lovely. NI knaves could be : Dot, Doctor etc

Matilda is beautiful

Nicknames even!

Dorothy, by a long chalk. Beautiful name and so many lovely nicknames, Dotty, Doro, Dora, Dodie. I might be tempted by Dorothea though as Jiffybag says.

Congratulations!

Matilda

I have a Matilda (back when it wasn't popular!!) she spent the first few years of her life very annoyed about never being able to find her name on anything!! She's 8 now and is starting to find it on most stuff
She's a small girls - it's surprising how much they care about stuff like this!!
Even though it's more popular we have only ever come across one other Matilda ever and that was just a chance encounter in a cafe.

I like Matilda but I LOVE Tilly so that may be why

I think Dorothy is just awful, and for no-one under the age of 80. Sorry OP, and many congrats!
I'm not mad on Matilda, but it beats Dorothy.

Do you prefer Mattie/Matty or Tillie/Tilly?

Matilda

Matty and tilly but no idea why.

The Dorothys I know ended up being dotty which isn't great.

Dorothea or Theodora

Dorothy. The nn Dotty is just adorable

Matilda is one of my favourite names, so I'd pick that. I'd be using it myself if there weren't so many little Matilda's in Australia! I love Maddie/Mattie and Tilda as nn's too.

Dorothy is a beautiful name, and both names are fairly ageless i feel. Dotty is sweet, but when she's older maybe she'd want another nn, there's not a lot you can get out of Dorothy. Love the Wizard of Oz association with this name.

I like Matilda better, even though it's more popular. #27 really isn't that high now that a much wider range of names are being used.

Dorothy is OK and Dot/Dotty is sweet, but I do prefer Dorothea. How do you feel about Tabitha? Cecily? Rosanna?

Dorothy, as it's more unusual at the moment

Dorothy! But that might be because it's my middle name! And it can be abbreviated to Dolly as well