Alternative to Matilda

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Still struggling with girls names.
I absolutely loved Matilda and struggling with not being able to use now.
Please don't tell me to "just use it" because I can't. I would lose 4 friends if I used it.

What do you think I would love just as much as Matilda?

Thank You

Anastasia.
Madeleine
Martha
Isabelle
Alexandra
Josephine
Florence
Dorothy
Violet
Marcella
Marnie
Rosabelle
Lilibelle
Tabitha
Penelope
Cecelia
Aurora
Victoria
Miranda
Roxanna
Maxine
Tallulah
Natasha
Natalia
Christin
Tiana
Delilah
Vanessa
Scarlett
Eleanor
Evangeline
Valentina

Helena
Francesca
Georgina
Abigail
Samantha
Amanda
Amelie
Lucinda

Why would you loose 4 friends, OP?

What other names do you like? How about the below any of the below.

Mabel
Violet
Beatrice
Francesca (Frankie)
Isobel/Isabelle
Romilly

Rosa
Florence
Harriet
Felicity
Antonia

Iona

Winona
Eleanor
Annabel

Personally, I'm hoping for a boom in Joannes, in honour of JKR.

Juliet
Lydia
Harriet
Martha
Jemima
Emmeline
Meredith
Theodora
Annabel
Cassandra
Cressida
Cecily
Beatrix
Imogen

I'm going with names I think are in a similar vein as opposed to names that sound just like Matilda:

Eleanor
Hermione
Helena
Harriet
Elizabeth
Isolda
Alice
Agnes
Agatha
Margaret
Ottilie (because could be Tilly for short)

Delilah - my favourite
Martha
Savannah
Darcy
Georgia
Poppy
Eliza

Marnie
Mabel

Can you pin down what you like about Matilda? Three syllables? Very old English?Germanic origin?

Adelaide?
Heidi?
Ingrid?
Tamara?
Marianne?
Rosamund?
Leonie?

Beatrice, Alice, Madeline, Imogen, Evelyn, Edith are similar style/Matilda siblings I know.

There are loads of little Matildas about though, so I wouldn't worry about choosing the same name as a friend.

Martha
Marnie
Margot
Minerva
Millicent
Myrtle
Marianne
Mallory
Mignon
Muriel
Morag
Morwenna
Molly
Mireille
Moana
Milena
Mila

@daisypond I'm not really sure what I love about it. Think the film conjured up a lovely imagine of a girl name Matilda and that has always stuck with me.
Thats why I am struggling to find something equally as nice.

Hi,

Names very similar to Matilda are Tilda and Tilly?

Or similar vein names...

Abigail
Ada
Alice
Amelia
Annabelle
Aurelia
Aurora
Ava

Beatrice
Beatrix
Bella
Bethany
Betsy

Callie
Cerys
Clementine/Clemmy
Connie

Darcie
Daisy
Delilah
Dottie

Edie
Effie
Eleanor
Eliza
Ella
Emmeline
Esme
Etta
Evangeline
Evelyn/Evie

Felecity
Florence/Florrie
Freya

Georgia
Gracie

Hattie
Heidi
Hermione
Hettie
Holly

Ida
Imogen
Isabella
Isla
Isobel
Izolda

Jasmine
Jemima
Jessica

Kaitlin
Katie

Lana
Lettie
Lilah
Lily
Lissy
Lois
Lottie
Lucia
Lucy

Mabel
Madeleine
Maisie
Maribelle
Martha
Megan
Milly
Minnie
Molly

Nellie
Norah

Olivia
Ophelia
Orla

Paige
Penélope/Penny
Poppy

Rosalie
Ruby

Scarlett
Sienna
Sophia

Thea

Violet

Xanthe

Zara

Adaline
Madeleine
Magdalene
Clementine
Natalya
Tallulah
Athelie

The child actress who played Matilda is called Mara. That’s a nice name and it has some similarities to Matilda.

@daisypond Thank you. Well worth considering.

I have a Matilda, never regretted it. She gets called Matilda, Tilda, Tilly and now she is older she likes to be called Mattie!

Sorry re read your original msg in detail. Ignore mine X

I think Martha is very similar vibe

Mara is a great idea! Also like Martha.

When I think of the name Matilda I think of;

Tabitha
Ingrid
Astrid
Daphne
Lydia
Rhea
Greta
Hilda (due a come back IMO)
Ida
Frieda
Klara
Thilda (though that might be a bit close given your situation)
Theodora

I mean, if your friends would genuinely drop you for giving your daughter the name that you love... get better friends?

Pollyanna

Maud (the English version of Matilda during the Anarchy - Matilda was often called Maud in England at that time).

I really like daisy's suggestion of Mara.

Harriet
Romilly
Juliet
Rosalind
Rosamund
Louisa
Morven
Morwenna
Marianne

A few other names which have that medieval feel:

Isabella
Eleanor
Margaret
Alice
Cecily
Katharine
Elizabeth
Marian
Edith
Isolde
Iseult
Philippa
Martha

Bryony
Lydia
Harriet
Zara
Fern
Sadie
Amber
Heidi
Sasha
Susie
Eloise
Shelby
Naomi
Erin
Beatrix
Phoebe
Beatrice
Jasmine
Annie
Esme
Greta
Connie
Erica
Robyn
Noelle

Margot
Sophie
Dorothy
Beatrix
Enid