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Matilda or Lily?

24 replies

Whatisgoingoff2024 · 17/06/2026 13:44

Which is your favourite out of the two?

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Incandescentangel · 17/06/2026 13:44

Matilda

GingerLeopard · 17/06/2026 13:45

Matilda. Lily is very overused, and Matilda has good nickname potential, as well as being lovely without any nickname.

Peanutlicious · 17/06/2026 13:46

Lily

MiddleAgedDread · 17/06/2026 14:15

Matilda

ImpatientlyWaitingForSummer · 17/06/2026 14:26

Matilda. I know someone with a daughter called Matilda and they shorten it to Tilly which I think is a lovely nickname and a bit like Lily - best of both worlds if you like both names!

EnidVance · 17/06/2026 17:02

Lily. But both are ridiculously popular.

mrsbowes · 17/06/2026 17:05

There are sooo many Matildas and Lilys about!

They're equally nice names but I'd go with Lily on the basis that Matilda seems more popular with new babies at the moment, so Lily is less likely to have three others in her class.

BoleynMemories13 · 17/06/2026 18:48

I prefer Lily, of the two. I really dislike Tilly, which Matilda may become.

abracadabra1980 · 17/06/2026 19:07

Lily

itsgettingweird · 17/06/2026 19:17

Matilda

cocog · 17/06/2026 19:18

Matilda is much nicer in my opinion, Tilly Tilda are also really nice.

SunshineSpice · 17/06/2026 19:19

Matilda

Dragonflyspeeding · 17/06/2026 20:38

Matilda

HollyGolightly4 · 17/06/2026 20:40

Matilda

Firebird83 · 17/06/2026 22:45

Matilda

DemBonesDemBones · 17/06/2026 23:21

Neither, keep looking.

LivingTheDreamish · 18/06/2026 05:45

Matilda I think. Lily is pretty but a bit insubstantial.

stopringingme · 18/06/2026 05:48

Matilda

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 18/06/2026 06:03

Matilda

schnubbins · 18/06/2026 06:34

Matilda .

motheroftwonotsolittleones · 18/06/2026 16:11

Matilda

OnlyMabelInTheBuilding · 18/06/2026 16:12

Both are massively common in mid- teens. I’d say they’re a bit done, tbh.

Matilda, if I had to choose.

IwanttoWFH · 18/06/2026 17:08

Matilda. I really dislike the name Lily.

TheeNotoriousPIG · 18/06/2026 19:16

Matilda!

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