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Help[Opinions] Re: Opions on Hattie?
in reply to a message by Wish Fish
I'm willing to wager it's because Americans have difficulty pronouncing Ts mid-word. Katie becomes Kadie, Peter becomes Peder. Etc. Hattie turns into Haddie. It doesn't sound as pretty as it does in say, Britian. But unlike Katie or peter, it's not beloved enough to fight over it. I think the reason it's only popular in the Deep South is possibly because it's being recycled by granddaughters there. Baby Hattie is probably named after Grandma Harriet, and honoring names are a little bit more popular in the south.
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This message was edited 4/20/2025, 12:03 PM
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Yeah, people prefer Maddie to Mattie even though Mattie is antique. Hadley is very popular in Tennessee (it's a bit more popular in the southeast/midwest/Utah than it is nationally, but doubly or triply so in Tennessee), so that could influence the popularity of Hattie there maybe.
This message was edited 4/20/2025, 12:25 PM
I once had a coworker whose teenage daughter was a Mattie. I'm fairly certain it's the only one I've come across. People have misspelled it, and asked "Are you a Madison or a Madeline?" all her life. But it's just Mattie, not short for Matilda or likewise. Another honoring granddaughter named after a great grandma. I like Mattie too but do prefer it as a NN to Matilda or Matthew. As opposed to Hattie where I still prefer it as a stand-alone since I dislike Harriet and Henrietta. Like 6 years ago I was REALLY into the combo Hattie Matilda for a while and now I just think the rhyming prefixes are a sin, lol.