Tilly
Replies
I don't even think Tiger Lily is plausible as a real name. :( If you wanted to name a kid something as far-out as Tiger Lily, you probably would not be the type to use a nn that sounds like somebody's colorful 80-year-old houskeeper.
It works, but I hate it, mostly because it's the name of a very old family member, and as a result, it seems terribly old and harsh to me.
I really dislike the name Tiger Lily, but I suppose Tilly could work as a nn for the name. I do like Tilly, but I think of it as an old American name, 1800ish, which is one of the reasons I like it. If used as a nn for Tiger Lily (which I associate with the horrible rendition of Native Americans in the Disney Film Peter Pan) I think I would really dislike the name Tilly from then on.