Well Tilly is a pet form of the name Matilda. Plus a few others, but I do like Matilda. I also like the pet form of Mattie/y for that name then.
Milly is a pet form of the names Amelia, Camilla, Melissa, Mildred and Millicent
Livvy is the pet form of Olivia, which I much prefer over Livvy. It can always be shortened to its pet form if LO is happy with it.
I've looked after a few children who were given the proper full name and people tried to shorten it to the pet form, say Lottie for Charlotte, but once they reached a certain age they insisted on their full name being used. A Harriet I know was often called Hattie for short and used to get very PO at people calling her that. She liked Harriet and told people so
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