Matilda

[Zebraa]

DP loves Matilda. I'm not 100% sure, what can I shorten it to? Also we need a middle name as none of our family names are suitable... Mavis for example.

Any suggestions?

Does Charlie and Matilda sound OK?

i think it's a lovely name - pretty popular though.

You could always 'french it up' a bit and go with Matilde

Shortens to Tilly, Mattie, Tilda or most commonly in our household, Tills! Not quite sure how it got to that!

It is apparently pretty popular but I think it depends where you live.

My dd is Mathilda Beatrice Rose.

We call her Mathilda. She's 19 months old and calls herself Tilda.

Maude, Tilly, Tilda, Mattie, Mat etc

I don't like Tilly At All though.

I like Matilda, but Tilly is tired already...every other girl being born this year is called Tilly, surely!

Mattie is much cooler

I love it.

MN always says it is popular but I have never met a little Matilda. Not sure its in teh top 100 but you could check.

It means strong female warrior which I think is a good meaning.

You could shorten to Milly, Tilly, Tilda, Mattie... Maude was an old fashioned diminuitive.

There you are!!! Mathilda is very cute and a fabulous name too

LOADS of Mathildas around here! Some full name, others Tilly.

What about Maeve instead of Mavis?

Matilda Maeve Zebraa

I think that sounds like Matilda with a lisp!

I quite like Tilly, it's very cute and girly.

I'm just being stubborn because I wanted Emma and DP told me under no circumstances!!

Matilda is just lovely.
Till ok, surely, as a nn for a little one, though I prefer Tilda.

lg&t, am I still allowed to visit over the festive period? Will you promise to give birth while I'm there?

Lovely, Charlie and Matilda sounds perfect to me.

Much nicer than Emma - apologies to any emmas or mothers of emmas but it's a bit ordinary.

Mathilda is lovely, ds1 and ds2 would have been Mathilda but wasn't meant to be we would have shortened it too Mattie as I love girls names that are tomboy ish
why not Mathilda Emma? we would have had Mathilda Claire as thats my middle name - I think it sounds lovely with a very tradional short name in middle - guess it depends on your surname

"Matilda told such awful lies, it made one gasp and stretch one's eyes"

Matty, Tilly, I love it.

Following on from the spelling of names thread, I thought it was Matilda or Mathilde (French, 2 syllables) not Mathilda.

Each to their own though...

I love it.

Matilda is a beautiful name. Love the shortening of Tilly too.

I love the name Charlie as well. My godson is Charles, nn Charlie

Matilda is lovely, as is Tilda/Mattie, but Tilly makes me heave.

changer22 - Mathilda (German) meaning Battle Might (one dim. is Hilda)

i have a matilda. she's 2. her little friends call her tilda, i guess it's easier.

i don't like it personally - there are lots around at the moment. But Tilly is okay as a shortening

changer, Mathilda, as pointed out, is the Germanic spelling. Mighty in battle, or in my Mathilda's case, built like a tank!