Tilly?

[Willvince]

When I was a child (in the 1940s) a woman in the street was known to everyone as Tilly or Till Clark. Can anyone tell me what the name Tilly is short for or derived from?

[greenfingers]

Sometimes Tilly is short for Matillda

[Willvince]

Thank you Greenfingers I'm sure you have the right answer.

Willvince.

[Narolines]

It's also sometimes used a a shortened form of Laetitia, instead of Lettie (or, indeed, T*tty - rerad "SWallows & Amazons" recently?), but I'd say most commonly Matilda.

[Narolines]

That should, of course, have been "read"........

[Grunty]

Following on from narolines' answer, I once knew a woman who had a daughter called Lavinia. She used to get fed up with people enquiring after her Lav.