What are your thoughts on the name Matilda?

[alicenelson]

My sister is pregnant with a girl and is considering that name.   I am less than thrilled with the idea and am wondering if it's "just me."

[idoinjuly]

This is not gonna go well for you.

[LLL]

Roald Dahl fan?

[Captain Serious]

I would have been okay with it until that horrid Danny Devito movie came out. Now all I can think of is vengeful, mind-control girl who gets miraculously adopted in an instant.

[Deleted]

Love it.

[cheeseandcrackers]

i'm not a huge fan

[pantsparty]

[orangello]

1 - It's a real name
2 - It appears to be spelled correctly
3 - It's none of your damn business

There's a lot of names I'd side eye someone for, this isn't even in the same room as those. APPROVE!

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May 7, 2013 12:08:41 GMT -5 LLL said:

Roald Dahl fan?

Yeah.  Makes me think of the book.

[wkatie]

I love it. I have a great aunt Matilda. I think Mattie is a cute n/n too.

[walterismydog]

I love it. A lot.

[calledout]

May 7, 2013 12:11:47 GMT -5 orangello said:

1 - It's a real name
2 - It appears to be spelled correctly
3 - It's none of your damn business

There's a lot of names I'd side eye someone for, this isn't even in the same room as those. APPROVE!

All of this.  Having said that, I think that the kid would end up being called "Maddy" and I think that's a dog's name, so NMS.  Perfectly acceptable name, though.

[cinderbella]

I love it!

[poppyseed]

I think it's a great name. Why don't you like it?

[Kristinmo]

As long as it's a real name and spelled correctly, she can KOKO. Not a name I would choose for my kid but not judge worthy.

[Jalapeñomel]

Normal name, sound good to me.

[bcv513]

I love it

[Deleted]

Why is "just me" in quotation marks?

[lilafowler]

Love it!

[nahoku]

I love it!

[lizard]

Matilda with the nickname Matty is adorable.

[Deleted]

It's one of my favorites! The only reason I didn't use it because my cousin did first.

[textbookcase]

It's one of my favorites.

[hokiegirl82]

I like it, one of my dogs is named Matilda but we call her Maddie.

[copperboom]

I like it. My best friend just named her baby Matilda and I think it's adorable.

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May 7, 2013 12:15:46 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Normal name, sound good to me.

This is now my criteria for names.  Not made up?  GREAT name choice!

[Deleted]

yeah. i can see how it would totally suck to have a beautiful niece whose traditional, properly-spelled name you didn't do backflips over. what a burden, to have to go through life greeting your niece with that squiggle face, always. because her name isn't the name you'd pick if you were the one having the baby.


note: this is why i will never, ever tell anyone the name of my not-yet-born offspring.

[Deleted]

I think of a British person. I like it.

I think it's funny when relatives of a parent to be publicly express concern over a baby name. Really? Especially when it isn't Neveah or something.

[shopgirl07]

I used to really loathe this name but it's grown on me a little. I kind of put it in the old lady category but I don't hate it. Mattie is cute.

[rupertpenny]

I'm with cville. This is why we are not sharing name choices with anyone IRL. I don't want to deal with the fall out if someone hates the perfectly acceptable and real name we have chosen.