Tallulah, Talia, Tali ... need advice?

We don’t know what #3 is yet but I am still working on a girls name that my husband and I both love. We have 2 boys - [name]Dash[/name] and [name]Mack[/name] and our last name is very short and simple and starts with a P which eliminates basically all of my fav girl names. Lately I have been thinking of [name]Tali[/name] or [name]Tally[/name] but I am not sure if it works on its own or needs a longer form…do you like

[name]Tallulah[/name] - too out there?
[name]Talia[/name] - too formal?
[name]Tali[/name], [name]Tallie[/name], [name]Tally[/name] - which spelling?

or have any other suggestions that would get the nickname [name]Tali[/name]. I am kind of drawn to [name]Tali[/name] on its own? Does it work alone?

Middle name will likely be either [name]Caroline[/name]/[name]Carolina[/name] or [name]Juliet[/name]/[name]Juliette[/name]

Thanks everyone!

I absolutely love [name]Dash[/name] and [name]Mack[/name]! Great job naming your boys! Are either of the boys’ names short for anything? That might influence my feelings on [name]Tali[/name] as a stand alone name. I really prefer the [name]Tali[/name] spelling- I believe that it is the original form, and I think it’s the nicest visually. [name]Tali[/name] is technically a stand alone name, like [name]Lucy[/name], but I don’t think it really reads that way. It seems pretty nicknamey, perhaps because of the abundance of Allies. I think [name]Talia[/name] is a great full name. I don’t care for [name]Tallulah[/name] as a formal name, but there are plenty of other options:
[name]Natalie[/name]/[name]Natalia[/name]
[name]Atalia[/name]
[name]Catalina[/name]
Vitalia
[name]Thalia[/name]- prounced like [name]Thalia[/name], but this form is Greek, the mythological muse of comedy. [name]Talia[/name] is Hebrew and unrelated.
[name]Abital[/name]/[name]Avital[/name]

[name]Dash[/name], [name]Mack[/name] & [name]Tallulah[/name]/[name]Tally[/name] are awesome together. Personally, I would use [name]Tallulah[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] on the birth certificate and then just use [name]Tally[/name] in everyday life. At least she can then be [name]Tallulah[/name] as she gets older, and have a more substantial name to fall back on. I think it’s best to give your daughter the option rather than just saddle her with a nickname like [name]Tally[/name] as a stand alone name.

I don’t mind [name]Talia[/name] (prefer [name]Thalia[/name]) as a stand alone name and again it works well with [name]Dash[/name] and [name]Mack[/name].

[name]Dash[/name], [name]Mack[/name] & Vitalia
[name]Dash[/name], [name]Mack[/name] & [name]Natalia[/name]

The above two I really like!

I love [name]Tallie[/name]! My baby sister is [name]Natalie[/name] nn [name]Tallie[/name]. :slight_smile: I sort of gave her the nickname, so I’m obviously a huge fan. I love it even more since I’ve seen it on her.

I think either [name]Natalie[/name] or [name]Talia[/name] would be adorable with [name]Dash[/name] and [name]Mack[/name]–I also agree with @daisy451, though. If [name]Dash[/name] and [name]Mack[/name] are just [name]Dash[/name] and [name]Mack[/name], then I think you could get away with [name]Tali[/name]/[name]Tallie[/name]/[name]Tally[/name]. But if it’s short for [name]Dashiell[/name] and [name]Mackenzie[/name]/[name]McKinley[/name] or something, then I would definitely give her the fuller [name]Natalie[/name] or [name]Tallulah[/name] or whatever.

I like [name]Tallulah[/name] a lot, but it’s just too GPish for me. I think [name]Tali[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]/[name]Talia[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]/[name]Tallulah[/name] [name]Caroline[/name], [name]Natalie[/name] [name]Caroline[/name], and [name]Natalie[/name] [name]Juliet[/name] would all be adorable.

Good luck!