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Help[Opinions] Re: Opions on Hattie?
in reply to a message by Dianatiger
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
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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.