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Names like Matilda?

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Susiethetortoiseshellcat · 02/08/2017 09:38

I love the name Matilda. However we are set on using Alice as a middle name after dgm and our surname begins with a D. Could I have those initials?! Not keen on 2 middle names but can't think of a name I like as much. Quite like Tabitha but dh not so keen. Thanks!

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Sophronia · 02/08/2017 10:32

Flora
Louisa
Anna
Felicity
Eleanor
Isobel
Eloise
Beatrice
Josephine
Lydia
Catherine
Juliet
Charlotte
Dorothy
Eliza
Florence
Harriet
Susanna
Lavinia
Rowenna
Sylvia
Talitha
Esther
Philippa
Cecily
Annabel
Cora
Penelope
Clara
Theodora
Vivienne
Willa

MammieBear · 02/08/2017 10:33

I'd suggest staying away from those initials personally, but if you're only liking those names use them how often do we say full names anyway. Ask yourself what drew you to those names and then apply that for finding similar for eg it's in literature so you could think of other books / characters you like. I think of:
Adelaide
Beatrice
Cordelia
Daphne
Emmeline
Francine
Georgina
Harriet
Isadora
Juliana
Katherine
Liselotte
Maddelena
Natasha
Ophelia
Persephone
Quartilla
Rosalie
Sapphira
Talitha
Ursula
Vivienne
Winifred
Xanthe
Yvette
Zepheryn

SuperBeagle · 02/08/2017 10:37

Use a second middle name?

Matilda Alice Rose D
Matilda Alice Kate D
Matilda Alice Grace D
Matilda Rose Alice D
Matilda Alice Jane D

NataliaOsipova · 02/08/2017 10:39

Alice Matilda, with Matilda as the "used" name?

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 02/08/2017 10:49

I have a Harriet Matilda, so Matilda Harriet goes nicely.
I wouldn't give her the initials M.A.D.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 02/08/2017 10:50

❤️ Matilda Mary.

leghoul · 02/08/2017 10:52

Thea

LorLorr2 · 02/08/2017 10:58

How about Alice as a first name to avoid the initials, but call her Matilda in everyday life. My uncle uses his middle name as a nickname like that

Jooni · 02/08/2017 11:52

I always think of Matilda, Tabitha and Jemima as a set, for some reason. So Jemima?

Louisa
Eliza
Philippa
Ramona
Claudia
Henrietta
Saskia
Helena
Rosanna
Emilia
Elowen

Susiethetortoiseshellcat · 02/08/2017 13:03

Haha no i wont give her mad as initials. Usually i really don't care about initials but even I think it's bad! Love Harriet and Jemima. Also really like Rosie but am one of those people who don't like to give a nn as the only option and not in love with the full names so much - probably like Rose or Rosalind the most.

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Susiethetortoiseshellcat · 02/08/2017 13:07

Oh and love Lydia. Is LAD okay?!

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ConstanceCraving · 02/08/2017 13:15

If you love Matilda you should use it.

Matilda Florence Alice Surname.

Threeandabit · 02/08/2017 13:46

Nicoletta
Jennifer
Jacqueline
Kristin
Jennifer
Emma
Theadora
Bernadette
Saskia

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 02/08/2017 14:43

😂 LAD is fine !
I like Matilda Rosie, it's really pretty, I'd go with that personally.

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