Can I use Matilda?

[Littleverz]

Hi? Just found out our second baby is a girl and I’ve always loved the name Matilda but my DH name is Matthew (normally matt) Can we use Matilda, non Tilda or Tilly or is it too similar?
Thanks

Congratulations! Matilda is a lovely name, so don't see why not?

Not sure I would, unless you are planning to use the nickname most of the time

Two Matty’s or Matt and matty unless you’re very strict about sticking to Tilly. Please don’t call a child Tilda unless want rice jokes!

Yep you can call her Matilda the she can be called 'Tilly" as a nickname.

Ahhhhh v jealous, Matilda is both of our favourite names but couldn't use it for DD - DH is Matt and I'm Millie, couldn't have Matt and Mattie, or Millie and Tilly, so it was a no go. If one of us had been called something else, we'd have gone for it.

I think it’s OK. It might be different if they were sibling names, but I think it’s fine for father/daughter.

I have a 13yo Tilda (full name Mathilda) and nobody has ever made a rice joke. Not once. I just asked her and she looked blankly at me.

Matilda (which is spelt the wrong way) is so overused

Why not, my niece is Matilda nn Tilly and her grandfather is Matt.

I don't see why you can't use it. Similar, but not the same.

I think it’s fine

Tilda is lovely as a nick name. Not many Matilda’s are called Matty so I think you’ll be fine.

I think it's fine.
(I also love Tilda).

@GunsAndShips

I have a 13yo Tilda (full name Mathilda) and nobody has ever made a rice joke. Not once. I just asked her and she looked blankly at me.

We have a Tilda too, and have never had a rice joke. Apart from bemused smiley faces when I took a photo of her next to the Tilda rices in Asda when she was in the sling as a newborn.

She’s named after Tilda Swinton.

Yes, of course you can.

Thanks everyone! Happy to see the majority think it’s fine & not to similar

I think you can use Matilda. I like Millie as a nickname (prefer Millie or Milly to Tilly/ie or Tilda).

Of course you can!