The nickname Tatty

[MamaLoLo1]

Any ideas to which name/s could be the source of the nickname Tatty?

Just watched the 2016 Swallows & Amazons (I know the original was Titty...) and think it's rather sweet. The only one I can think of would be Tatiana.

Harriet or Henrietta could be Hattie aka Tattie I suppose.

Oh it's awful please don't
But if you have to, spell it Tati at least

Maybe Talia at a push...

I went to school with a Tatty.

She was Catriona

Tatiana?

Well it's a commonly used word for potato here, so no!

Tatty Devine was a good Mumsnet poster of yesteryear

The Tattys I know are a Matilda and an Anastasia.

Actually thinking about it I knew a couple of tatties back in the day - they were Male with the surname Tait

The ones I know wereNatasha, I didn’t realise it could be short for anything else.

Natalie

But you do know it means scruffy don't you?

I don't know if it's just a Yorkshire thing, but the word tatty means scruffy, worn out - not something I would personally call a child.

The Dickens character‘s full name is Harriet.

Isn't it a potato, or a scruffy child?

My friends nickname as a child was 'Tatty head' because her brother could not say her name - Catherine. I used to think it was rather cute but it evolved rather than was planned.

I know a Tatiana who goes by Tati (she's American and living in the states so it's generally pronounced to sound more like Toddy). I'm not a fan but it's marginally better than how it would be pronounced in the UK.

I really don't think it works here, I just think of potatoes or read it to mean scruffy.

Not a good sounding nickname

Conjures up someone tatty, unkempt, torn/dirty clothing etc

Potato?

I’m in Scotland - you really wouldn’t want to call your kid tattie here 🥔

The Tatty I knew in childhood was a Catherine, but as upthread, I think it revolves naturally.

Tattie as in potato? Why not spud?

*evolved!

So many possibilities! I can understand the potato and scruffy potential but still think it sounds like a fun nickname for a little girl ✌️

I think I read somewhere that Ransome's Titty was Titiana - no clue how much truth there is in that although I love the books!

The poster called Tatty Devine presumably named herself after the jewellery brand.