Matty for a girl

[Wanderdream]

Love the nickname matty but can’t think of anything other than Matilda as a longer version. Any ideas?

Matahari

Martha
Martina
Marta

Maybe even Margaret or Madeline ??

Mathilde?

Metella? That was always the female character in our Latin textbooks. A nice sounding classical name!

Mati pronounced Mattie is a girls' name in Welsh.

Ruggy?!

Mattea? (Italian girls name "Mah-tay-ah").Or biblical Mehetabel is probably a bit much?

You need to choose a name you love. As your child gets older they will choose whether they want a nickname or to be called the full version. You can’t impose a nickname on a child.

No. Just no.

@percheron67 lol 😂

Mehetabel

Ah I've got a Matty! But sorry - can't be of help as she's Matilda.
Just be warned though, I constantly get people telling me I've spelt it the boy's way, and also had a family member tell me that if we told them they could only spell it Matty, they'd not call her that, they'd only call her Matilda 🙄

Love Matty...really love Mattie!
I would go with Matilda naturally but it’s also a recognised diminutive for Martha.

@therestissilence

Metella? That was always the female character in our Latin textbooks. A nice sounding classical name!

Brother’s name: Caecilius.

There's a flower Matthiola.
But I do think Matty is a male nickname. There were 3 today in DS's team.

Yes, recognised nickname of Matilda or Martha.

I guess your other option is to use initially like Maria Anya Thea - hence MAT - hence Mattie.

Matilda or Mattea really (or Martha but that is dreary), Martina plausible, and Margaret/Margarite just about.

I think you have to be ok with the full name - but I think Mattea and Matilda are both lovely.

@therestissilence

Metella? That was always the female character in our Latin textbooks. A nice sounding classical name!

Like Nutella!

Oh thank you for these amazing suggestions! I’d never thought of Martha which is a lovely name! Also love the suggestion of Marta.

@SilentPanic ahh that’s interesting! My daughter has a Welsh middle name due to family connections. Love this link!
@MKCH oh why are family like this?!?! I love masculine sounding names/nicknames for girls

I know a toddler Madeline who calls herself Mattie (definitely not maddie)

@Wanderdream
Same! That's why we decided on it - Matty on the rugby pitch, Matilda when she's a CEO, Tilda/Tilds if she wants to be a bit quirky when she's a teenager 😂
(Although nursery have already taken to calling her Tilds, and she calls herself 'Da' at the moment (but she is only 16 months so that's understandable!!)

Matty just seems such an unpleasant sound. Like Matt (fine) but with a pointless twee "ee " on the end. Surely loads of nicer names and nicknames! Marty on the other hand is nice