TILLY  

Gender: F
Origin: Diminutive of MATILDA
Meaning: "battle-mighty"

Tilly and twin Tillie are hot new nickname names, either short for the newly fashionable Matilda or standing all on their own.

Tilly is being discussed in our message boards:

• How Important is following a sibset?
• You guys gave me the first name-Now Help Me with a Middle!
• Thirteen Kids (and counting..?)!
• Names in the same style as Molly
• Does this work as a nn?

Read Nameberry blog posts about Tilly:

• WHO ARE THE MOST POPULAR ENGLISH GIRLS?
• JUST JOSIES: Nickname names--are they enough?
• TOP NAMES OF 2008: EARLY RESULTS