Meaning & History
Tottie is a diminutive of the feminine name Charlotte. In English naming traditions, diminutives are often formed by shortening and altering a longer name, frequently resulting in playful or affectionate nicknames. Along with Tottie, other common diminutives derived from Charlotte include Lottie, Totty, and Charlie.
The name Tottie is relatively rare in usage, undoubtedly because the sound of Tot- followed by -ie is uncommon as a given name nickname compared with more typical diminutive suffixes such as -ie/-y in American or British names.
Another variation: While the Wiktionary source defines Tottie as a pet form of Charlotte, some may run across it as a repeated name for the character in historical romance novels and media. A particular well known Tottie in American popular culture includes the vintage Halloween song 'The Purple People Eater.' However, most contemporaries today likely won't meet someone named Tottie outside its recorded documentation in onomastics dictionaries. Perhaps due to its childlike nature, the name reflects a sincere but not a fashionable one at modern American namings in recent surveys for female babies.
The root name Charlotte has enjoyed incredible booms in popularity. As indicated by its popularity spike catching up in the US nationally beginning behind the returns trending traditional pick during states’ relative comeback stories through today when currently ranked among one top ten as usual across both English-speaking nations, starting with New Kingdom settlements rather slowly occurring reaching above daily tolerance wise.
Related Names
Sources: Wiktionary — Tottie