[name]Hi[/name] berries,
My husband and I love the name tully, however we want to give a slightly more conservative name that might be shortened to tully. My husband joked about tulliver. I don’t like this but wondered if anyone could come up with another more formal name for tully! Thanks in advance berries, x
I really like the name [name]Talie[/name], yet wanted a more formal name and found [name]Thalia[/name]/[name]Talia[/name] or [name]Natalia[/name] (I ended up picking a totally different name). Talulah seems more mainstream than it used to be, which could feel more formal and I can see calling her [name]Tully[/name] for short.
[name]Tullia[/name] was a [name]Roman[/name] name - rare now, but generally easy to pronounce and spell, and without seeming really out-there.
[name]Auburn[/name]
[name]Hi[/name] berries, sorry I should have been clearer. We are thinking of tully for a boy. We like it more than traditional names like gulliver or sullivan. As it is a river in Queensland Australia where we got engaged so has a special meaning to us but think we should give the boy a choice about being called something more mainstream. I’m worried it is a bit too feminine now! X
Oh, sorry! I don’t think it’s too feminine (reminds me of [name]Sully[/name], which is all boy), I jumped to conclusions because I’d recently been mulling over [name]Tullia[/name] “[name]Tully[/name]” myself, and was a bit eager to recommend it! Tulliver makes more sense now - I wasn’t thrilled about that on a girl 
[name]Tullius[/name] was a [name]Roman[/name] name too, but I wouldn’t exactly call it mainstream nowadays. Tolly is a nickname for [name]Bartholomew[/name] - that’s about the closest I can think of. Oh, and [name]Tullis[/name] is a surname which could work well in the first name slot.
For what it’s worth, I think a name like Tulliver (invented but not invented-sounding) would be great coupled with a more classic middle; Tulliver [name]James[/name], for example. At a stretch you could do a T name, followed by [name]Gulliver[/name] or [name]Sullivan[/name] in the middle, and nickname him [name]Tully[/name] - [name]Thomas[/name] [name]Gulliver[/name], [name]Theo[/name] [name]Sullivan[/name].
[name]Auburn[/name]
I think the tuh-lee pronunciation is much more masculine than the too-lee pronunciation.
Could be short for Tullan, [name]Toulouse[/name] or the more unique, [name]Aristotle[/name]…or any other names that end in the -tle sound.
[name]Tullio[/name] used to be fairly common in southern [name]Italy[/name]. [name]Tolliver[/name] and Tolland could become Tolly or [name]Tully[/name]. Also, there is [name]Tolya[/name], which is short for [name]Anatoly[/name] – you could get [name]Tully[/name] from [name]Anatole[/name].
I adore the suggestions of [name]Anatole[/name]/[name]Tully[/name] and [name]Tolliver[/name]/[name]Tully[/name]!
I would also second the suggestion of using a classic T-name like [name]Thomas[/name] and calling him [name]Tully[/name] for short. I don’t even think you’d need the [name]Sullivan[/name]/[name]Gulliver[/name] mn.
Thank you berries,
I am warming to Tulliver and also like the suggestion of [name]Tullis[/name]. I hadn’t thought of the too-lee pronunciation so that is good to consider, we had only thought of the tuh-lee one. I think here in [name]Britain[/name] Tuh-lee would be the ‘go to’ pronunciation. Not sure what it’s like in the states or Aus. Still thinking it through, but thank you very much for your help, x
I’m in the UK too, and I wouldn’t even have thought of the too-lee pronunciation - so personally I think you’d be safe. At least if I’m representative of Brits in general!
[name]Auburn[/name]
I knew a [name]Tully[/name] whose name was just [name]Tully[/name], and he totally pulled it off. He was named after his father who was also just plain [name]Tully[/name]. I’ve always wanted a way to make [name]Toulouse[/name] usable though, and [name]Tully[/name] for [name]Toulouse[/name] would be perfect!
The first name that came to my mind was Ptolomy. Not sure if it is your style.
What about [name]Tucker[/name]? It’s a nice name, and sounds a bit more formal/professional to me than [name]Tully[/name] alone. I think you could use it and just nn [name]Tully[/name], or if you wanted to bring the ‘L’ sound in, you could give him a middle name that starts with ‘L’, or even one that ends with a “-lee” sound like [name]Wesley[/name], [name]Bentley[/name], etc etc.
I meant [name]Harley[/name] above ^, typo sorry
also, just saw [name]Bartleby[/name] on the main page? I think I may like [name]Tully[/name] by itself better actually, but it does have that ‘tull’ middle syllable.
that should say [name]Bart[/name]-le-by but the post keeps auto-correcting it.