[Opinions] Matilda
What do you think of Matilda? The nickname Tilda? And would you use Tilda on its own?
If you had to use a nickname:
Tilly
Mattie
Tilda
anything else?
Is Tilly avoidable? I personally think it's completely avoidable especially with the other nickname options but people seemed to have a different opinion when I asked about this name some time ago.
Will it get very common?
If you had to use a nickname:
Tilly
Mattie
Tilda
anything else?
Is Tilly avoidable? I personally think it's completely avoidable especially with the other nickname options but people seemed to have a different opinion when I asked about this name some time ago.
Will it get very common?
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I knew a Tilda once. She was a teacher (Mathematics) at a very successful school, and her name seemed a little too frivolous for her! But I got used to it.
The only human Matilda I've known was French and actually Mathilda with a th and an a. She was always called Mattie, which suited her just fine.
Then there was my wonderful dog: a rescue dog, probably with a lot of Border Collie and Scottie in the mix. She was used to her old name so we kept it and mostly called her Matilda but occasionally Matt the Mutt. Best dog ever.
I rather enjoy Tilly, but I've never met one or encountered it IRL so clearly people do avoid it if they want to!
The only human Matilda I've known was French and actually Mathilda with a th and an a. She was always called Mattie, which suited her just fine.
Then there was my wonderful dog: a rescue dog, probably with a lot of Border Collie and Scottie in the mix. She was used to her old name so we kept it and mostly called her Matilda but occasionally Matt the Mutt. Best dog ever.
I rather enjoy Tilly, but I've never met one or encountered it IRL so clearly people do avoid it if they want to!
I use to know a woman named Mathilde (French speaking), she was always called Tildie.
I think she got off easy, she had a sister named Antoinette, perfectly ok name, but the poor woman was always called Tuna!
so, Matilda. I tend to think"Waltzing Matilda", but likely that's because I lived in Australia for a while.
I think she got off easy, she had a sister named Antoinette, perfectly ok name, but the poor woman was always called Tuna!
so, Matilda. I tend to think"Waltzing Matilda", but likely that's because I lived in Australia for a while.
It's alright; I think Milla is a cute nn. I'm not a fan of Tilda as a nn or on its own as I just don't like the sound, but I think it could work on its own. I don't think it'll ever get 'very common', but I can see it rising in the rankings, though still nowhere what most people would consider 'popular'
Matilda is already very popular in England and Tilly is a popular shortening - it's been used frequently as a given name in the past 10 years. I don't like Matilda personally, and though I think Tilly is very sweet for a little girl, it doesn't work on an adult. I think it's perfectly avoidable though - of 3 friends who have daughters named Matilda only 1 is known as Tilly, the others are Tilda and Mattie