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Matty en · PROPN

Etymology

Diminutives + -y.

Meanings

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Matthew.
  2. A diminutive of the female given names Matilda and Martha, variant of Mattie.
    • Tilly's name is Matilda. It was typical of Mum and Dad that they wouldn't let her be called Tilly when she came to them because that was the unusual shortening of Matilda, the unconventional one, and you never did unconventional things, you never did things to draw attention to yourself. So they called her Matty. Of course, they hardly ever called her anything, but when they had to, it was Matty. 1990, Barbara Vine, Gallowglass, Curley Pub, published 1991, →ISBN, page 24: