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If I like Martha...

33 replies

Isit2021yetplease · 16/12/2020 09:14

Expecting a DD...we already have a Joseph. I really like the name Martha, but it annoys me there isn't a good shortened nickname for it!

Please can I have some suggestions which are similar?

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scentedgeranium · 16/12/2020 09:17

That's a very biblical combo! Nice names tho.
However I don't understand the MN obsession for pre-ordained nicknames. The best ones are ones which evolve and have little to do with the original.

Mrsi2020 · 16/12/2020 09:19

I have a Madison and she NEVER gets maddie lol, she gets “mads” randomly 🤣

I agree I like the nicknames that come naturally too.... Martha could get Marty?
Margot? Do you like Jessie for a girl? You could have Joseph and Jessica ? Xx

diddlediddle · 16/12/2020 09:20

I like Martha but isn't Martha and Joseph a bit Mary and Joseph??

What other names do you like, to get an idea of style?

Heidi?
Helena?
Poppy?
Cleo?
Thea?

Zofloratheexplora · 16/12/2020 09:20

Margot
Imogen
Harriet

monkeysonthemoon · 16/12/2020 09:26

DH's mum's name was Martha and she was called Mattie by most people. There's a great song on Gerry Rafferty's album City to City called Mattie's Rag, which is about his daughter Martha .

Why does there have to be a nickname for a name Confused?

ForestNymph · 16/12/2020 09:28

Does it need one? Martha is lovely.

Here's some names I find similar

Beatrice
Nancy
Elizabeth
Victoria
Eliza
Annabelle
Olympia
Desdemona
Georgina

ILoveStickers · 16/12/2020 09:39

The traditional English nicknames for Martha are Matty and Patty. (Patty later got co-opted by Patricia.)

I'd go with Martha, if that's what you like.

Gemma888 · 16/12/2020 09:41

Just a lovely name. I keep trying to sneak it on our list but husband wasn’t a fan.

Whatthebloodyell · 16/12/2020 09:42

Agnes
Lydia
Ruth
Edith
Mabel
Lilian

EvilEdna1 · 16/12/2020 09:45

A Martha I know gets called Marty.

Katgolde · 16/12/2020 09:53

Harriet
Caroline
Leonora
Elspeth
Phoebe
Cassia
Melissa
Genevieve
Saffron
Christina
Miriam
Beatrice
Felicity
Constance
Rebecca
Samantha
Catherine
Cecilia
Natalia

TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 16/12/2020 09:59

Martha is lovely, Marty or Matty is not.

Why choose a name if you're not prepared to use the whole thing? I'd avoid a name with an obvious nickname I loathed though. Deliberately chose two names difficult to shorten so DH has elongated them as a nickname instead to wind me up

Think Marthawartha.... shortened to Wartha, shortened to Wart!

lobsteroll · 16/12/2020 10:24

I know a Martha that gets called Mimi.

I think Martha is a lovely stand alone name, not every name needs a nickname. One of mine is has been called full name since birth even though there are loss of nickname options. My other child has been nickname since they were about a week old and her first name is rarely used. Both situations happened organically though.

As far as other names are concerned, what about:

Nina
Tabitha
Eleanor
Charlotte

Rainbowqueeen · 16/12/2020 10:27

When I saw the heading I instantly thought Clara but if you want a name with a nickname that doesn’t work

What about
Annabel
Lucinda
Rebecca

Isit2021yetplease · 16/12/2020 10:34

Thanks everyone! So true it doesn't need a nick name - I just really love having the option to call Joseph Joejoe or shout Joseph at him when I really want him to listen!

I hadn't even thought about Mary and Joesph sounding like Martha and Joesph!! Humm maybe one to think about!
Lots of good suggestions here thank you v much.

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Firebird83 · 16/12/2020 10:59

I know a brother and sister (in their 20s) called Joseph and Martha. I never thought it sounded like Mary and Joseph! I always thought they went well together.

LittleTiger007 · 16/12/2020 11:48

I love your names! Joseph and Martha sound perfect. Marnie could be a nickname.

RMRM · 16/12/2020 11:55

Love the name Martha. Would be on my list if I had another. Someone will come up with a nickname. You don't need a ready made one!

I don't think Martha and Joseph sounds anything like Mary and Joseph!

PlantPotting · 16/12/2020 12:23

Love the name Martha , it's so lovely I wouldn't want to change it with a nickname but I'm sure she'll get nicknames , many nicknames aren't even related to the name

Martha and Joseph sound perfect together. I wouldn't have thought of the Mary thing as Martha a different name to Mary. Am I missing something ?

SionnachRua · 16/12/2020 16:54

When I read your post and saw you had a Joseph I did immediately think "Martha and Joseph...hmm, that's quite like Mary and Joseph". Definitely see where the pp is coming from.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 16/12/2020 18:24

Similar sound.
Marla.
Marsha
Maria
Marcia
Marley
Marine.

Similar Vibe.
Iris.
Eleanor
Maude
Annie
Lucy
Florence
Eva
Julia
Violet
Lydia
Olive

Ellmau · 16/12/2020 20:34

Hannah
Rebecca
Rachel
Leah
Marianne
Isabel

PlantPotting · 16/12/2020 20:42

I'd stick with Martha

If not how about

Margaret nickname Maggie

Standrewsschool · 16/12/2020 20:46

Similar names:

Freya
Hannah
Coral
Harriet
Astrid
Laura
Doris
Estelle
Sadie
Betsy
Eliza

MercyBodle · 17/12/2020 08:49

Martha has fine nicknames in Matty, Marty, Patty and Patsy. It sounds like you have found the name you love. There is nothing wrong with Joseph and Martha - not the same as Joseph and Mary at all.

Tabitha
Edith
Mara
Marina
Theodora
Dorothea
Thea
Georgina
Beatrix
Flora
Greta
Millicent
Lilian
Hermione
Anthea
Matilda
Vera