What could [name]Tilly[/name] be a nickname for other than [name]Matilda[/name]? I hate the idea of using a nickname as a full name but [name]Matilda[/name] really does not work with our last name. Any ideas?
- This may be a stretch but [name]Tilly[/name] could be a nn for [name]Thalia[/name]
- [name]Matilde[/name] or [name]Mathilde[/name], French form of [name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Ottilie[/name]! I think it is such a sweet and fun, yet refined, femimine name, and you could definitely use the nn [name]Tilly[/name].
Good luck! [name]Auburn[/name]
What about Tillu
You know I kind of like [name]Ottilie[/name]. But wouldn’t it sound like I was saying Awe [name]Tilly[/name] when I called her first name?
[name]Clotilde[/name]
[name]Chantilly[/name] is a town in [name]France[/name].
[name]Natalie[/name] maybe?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my great great something grandmother’s middle name: [name]Otelia[/name]. She was from [name]Sweden[/name] and I’m in love (and going to use) her daughter’s middle name, [name]Linnea[/name], so I thought [name]Otelia[/name] would be a great sister name.
My husband wasn’t sold so I suggested we could use [name]Lia[/name] or [name]Tilly[/name] as a nickname. I think it works just fine. Good luck.
I’m glad you like it 
Well, I am English, and I pronounce it o (as in the short O sound from ‘on’, or ‘hot’) - ti-[name]LEE[/name], with the emphasis (just) on the last syllable, rather than [name]TI[/name]-lee, but I’m afraid I can’t judge how US/Australia etc pronunciations would sound.
[name]Auburn[/name]
[name]Just[/name] asked DH and he vetoed [name]Ottilie[/name]. Any other suggestions?
I’m drawing a blank on other [name]Tilly[/name] names, sorry, but you might also like [name]Lottie[/name]? Nn for [name]Charlotte[/name], or [name]Lieselotte[/name] for the more exotic?
[name]Auburn[/name]
hmmm these might be a stretch but what about
[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Estelle[/name]
[name]Talisa[/name]
[name]Theolan[/name]
[name]Theola[/name]
[name]Thessaly[/name]/Thessalie
[name]Gretel[/name]
[name]Martel[/name]
[name]Aristelle[/name]
[name]Petal[/name]
[name]Talila[/name]
[name]Tallulah[/name]
Good [name]Luck[/name]!
[name]Tallulah[/name] (but it’s a stretch), [name]Tullia[/name], [name]Tulip[/name]?
You could also use a name that starts with T and pair it with a middle name that starts with L or something…
Maybe your husband would like [name]Ottoline[/name] better?
Or [name]Milly[/name]…? [name]Amelia[/name], [name]Amelie[/name], [name]Emilia[/name], [name]Emmeline[/name], [name]Mila[/name], [name]Milena[/name], [name]Millicent[/name], Pomeline?
He thinks [name]Ottilie[/name] sounds like Otter so [name]Ottoline[/name] is worse. [name]Tilly[/name] would be named after a great great grandmother Thille. So [name]Millie[/name] and [name]Lottie[/name] though lovely are out. Her middle name would be [name]Elizabeth[/name].
I don’t know if it sounds better with your surname, but perhaps [name]Tilda[/name]? It’s just another nickname for [name]Matilda[/name], but would stand as a full name better than simply [name]Tilly[/name], in my opinion, and you could still nn her [name]Tilly[/name].
Also, how about [name]Thessaly[/name]? I think [name]Tilly[/name] could be a nickname. It is an area of Greece, pronounced, I believe, THEH-sall-ee.
Nameberry says :
“This is the name of an area in northern Greece, known in the era of [name]Homer[/name]'s Odyssey as Aeolus. It’s the name of a character in the graphic novel Sandman, and could easily be adopted for a modern little girl.”
Good luck! [name]Auburn[/name]
So my Dh just suggested using the original spelling: Thille. Is it crazy that even though they sound the same Thille looks so much more grown up to me than [name]Tilly[/name]? What do you think? Would it constantly be a nightmere to spell and pronouce? It is after his grandmother’s grandmother.
I think you will probably go half and half on pn (Th-illy instead of T-illy) and probably mostly wrong on spelling. What about [name]Natalie[/name]? I can easily make the jump the [name]Tilly[/name] from there.
Most people pn it [name]Nat[/name]-illy anyway! Plus, I really like [name]Natalie[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name].
I had a friend at school and her nickname was [name]Tilly[/name] but her real name was [name]Chantal[/name].
Why not use [name]Elizabeth[/name] as the first name and nn her [name]Tilly[/name] from that? A bit of a stretch, but e[name]LIzabeTh[/name]…it has the “til” part! And it’s no more of a stretch than [name]Tibby[/name] or [name]Buffy[/name] or [name]Bell[/name]. Actually, I’m thinking that [name]Tilly[/name] has the potential to becoming my favorite [name]Elizabeth[/name] nn.
I hope that helped!
NameGoddess
*[name]EDIT[/name]: Or, [name]Millicent[/name] nn [name]Tilly[/name]. [name]Tilly[/name] for [name]Torril[/name]/[name]Toril[/name]. [name]Tilly[/name] for [name]Tanaquil[/name] (tan-a-KEEL). [name]Tilly[/name] for [name]Twila/name. [name]Tilly[/name] for [name]Tehila[/name]. [name]Tilly[/name] for [name]Quintilla[/name]. [name]Tilly[/name] for [name]Talila[/name].
i love love love tilly too but in the same dilemma…
my husband doesnt dislike otillie tho so thats an option for us…
here are some i found when searching
[name]Matilda[/name] (English)
Attilia (Italian),
[name]Bertille[/name],
[name]Chantil[/name] (English),
[name]Chantila[/name] (English),
[name]Chantill[/name] (English),
[name]Chantille[/name] (English),
Cleotilde (English),
[name]Clotilda[/name] (English),
[name]Clotilde[/name] (Italian),
Domitila (Portuguese and Spanish),
[name]Domitilla[/name] (English, Hungarian, and Italian),
Katilin (English),
[name]Klotild[/name] (Hungarian),
Krystil (English),
[name]Matilde[/name] (French, [name]German[/name], Portuguese, and Spanish),
[name]Mechtilde[/name]
none of them really appealed to me but thought i’d share-
i kinda like the idea of elizabeth with tilly as a nn
xox
What about [name]Stella[/name] nn [name]Tilly[/name]? I think it’s cute. But my fave is [name]Matilda[/name] nn [name]Tillie[/name].
[name]Love[/name] another poster’s idea of [name]Tilda[/name] nn [name]Tilly[/name].
Also [name]Letitia[/name] nn [name]Tilly[/name]. The l, t, and “y” sound are all in [name]Letitia[/name].
[name]Violet[/name] has the l and t sounds, too.