Tilly Kate?

[elm26]

My DH and I have settled on Tilly for our little girl.

My Nan and Grandad raised me and I miss them both dearly, my Nan's name was Cathleen however my Gramps called her "his Kate" so o was thinking of Tilly Kate as a nod to them both.

Do you think it goes?

The two names together sound a bit like a verb 'to tillicate' (not that that's a real word!). But really I don't think it matters particularly if a middle name 'goes' with a chosen first name or not. The fact it's a name of such significance to you is more important.

Tilly is a bit, well silly to me esp for a grown woman!

I do however love Kate!

How many syllables does your surname have? I like it; it’s pretty and I love both names. I thought about Tilly for DD, but I think I’d also probably want a longer more formal first name that she could use if she wanted to, with Tilly as the short version. So Matilda or similar. But no reason why you couldn’t have it just as Tilly if you want!

Both are lovely (and popular) names and it's touching to name your DD after your gran. The only thing is that Tilly and Kate are of course both diminutive versions of longer names and so I would find it slightly odd to use them as your DD's first and middle names.

Or were you thinking Matilda Cathleen (Surname)? That would work best IMO

Nice, but I'd only go with Matilda Kate. It flows better and is a much more sophisticated option for an adult. She'll still get Tilly from everyone day-to-day if that's what you use.

I don’t think they work together- it sounds like a verb -tillicate. Also, I do think it’s slightly short changing your child not to give them at least one full name, as opposed to two pet forms. I think Tilly Cathleen is better if you want to keep Tilly. Or Matilda Kate (and shortened to Tilly).

I love it, I would maybe call her Matilda Catherine or Matilda Cathleen, or Tilly Catherine/Matilda Kate, and use Tilly as a nn. That way she has options as an adult woman.

I only like Tilly as a nickname for Matilda or something. I think a grown woman needs a "proper" name. I always imagine the child as a doctor or lawyer and them wanting a more formal name. Anyway, I think Tilly Kate is fine because to be honest, after announcing the birth you never use the middle name again! I doubt my own brothers know my children's middle names. I think Matilda Cathleen is even better!

Matilda Kate.

Tilly is cute on a little one, but I'd feel silly as an adult introducing myself as Tilly

I love Matilda. Tilly is cute, but a nickname.

And Kathleen is also lovely.

If you called her Matilda Cathleen that would give you better hollering material when you need to yell her full name when she commits teenage crimes eg. 'MATILDA CATHLEEN SMITH, IS THAT A PIERCING IN YOUR NOSE?'

Matilda Cathleen or Matilda Catherine for me. Tilly is cute for a young girl, not keen on Kate at all.

I love the simplicity of Kate and think it goes well as a middle name to a frillier first one, but Tilly is such a nickname name, I'd almost want to out then other way round to give them options as they grow.

Agree with others that it needs to Matilda Kate-that's lovely and it means her name can grow with her if she wants it to.

It's very pretty but I'd put Matilda Kate on the birth cert myself.

Tilly is too much like till as in checkout to me
Tilly Kate is OK, but I much prefer Kate to Tilly
Tilly seems like a diminutive but if you have no intention of ever using it, then why use the long version.
There will be other Tillys who are Matilda or Ottilie on their BC and your Tilly might feel short-changed.
FWIW, I don't like Ottilie.

Tilly is a very flimsy name. No gravitas. I think both together sound like a street urchin in a dicken’s book.

Tilly is awful. Wet and infantile.
I don't like Matilda either but it's better than Tilly.
Isn't a lamp for camping called a Tilly lamp?

It's a Tilley lamp. Tilley is a surname

I like it; Kate somehow makes Tilly much more interesting.
I am not particularly keen on Matilda. I can’t think what else Tilly is ever short for.

@Marcipex www.mumsnet.com/talk/baby_names/1878152-What-is-Till-or-Tilly-a-nickname-for
www.mumsnet.com/talk/baby_names/649931-what-is-Tilly-short-for

Ottilie can also be shortened to Tilly.

Agree with Matilda Kate. It's lovely and flows well. You can use Tilly as a nickname - that's lovely too.

No I don’t think it goes. Either tilly Cathleen or insert a name so Tilly something Kate

I think Kate is such a pretty and elegant first name. Can't you call her Kate instead of Tilly?