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Otto or Tibo?

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bettybeetroot · 28/08/2009 20:39

We have chosen a name for a girl and are thinking of Otto or Tibo for a boy....

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rubyslippers · 28/08/2009 20:40

neither are my cup of tea, but Otto is slightly better ...

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MrsVik · 28/08/2009 20:47

Ditto.

How would you pronounce Tibo? Like tie-bow, or tea-bow?

Otto is actually quite nice, I think it's a grower.

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Thunderduck · 28/08/2009 20:47

Neither,though Otto is a slight improvement on Tibo.

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Wattinger · 28/08/2009 20:49

I don't like either name, but Otto is better than Tibo

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BonsoirAnna · 28/08/2009 20:49

How about Thimo?

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Tidey · 28/08/2009 20:51

Otto is better, but I really don't like either. Sorry.

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Scottie22 · 28/08/2009 20:54

I love the name Otto - my ds's best friend at school is called Otto and I think it's cool!!

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MollieO · 28/08/2009 20:56

If Tibo is pronounced tea-bow I'd worry that people would think I'd named him after a discount store

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Jojay · 28/08/2009 20:57

Love Otto

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bettybeetroot · 28/08/2009 20:59

Tibo pronounced T-bo - i prefer this name. Not sure about Otto so much but dh likes it!

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bettybeetroot · 28/08/2009 21:02

bonsoiranna - i like thimo - never heard that before but would he get nicknamed tim i wonder (not keen on tim)...

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scotagm · 28/08/2009 21:03

neither

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everlong · 28/08/2009 21:04

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bettybeetroot · 28/08/2009 21:06

everlong - if we choose otto we will use oscar as the middle name!

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BonsoirAnna · 28/08/2009 21:09

The Thimo I know certainly doesn't get nicknamed Tim. It's pronounced Tee-Mo

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MrsVik · 28/08/2009 21:10

It can also be spelt Timo - I teach one.

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LongtimeinBrussels · 28/08/2009 21:19

DS2 has a friend whose name's Timo (nickname as his real name is Sébastien). He also has a friend called Thibaut which is (pretty much) pronounced Tibo. FWIW I much prefer Timo (not sure why though!). Otto reminds me of "A Fish Called Wanda".

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bettybeetroot · 28/08/2009 21:26

I actually prefer the french spelling thibault but thought the spelling tibo might be 'easier'

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allaboutme · 28/08/2009 21:28

Otto much nicer
Tibo sounds like brand of TV

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Tambajam · 28/08/2009 21:30

Tibo is too much like Tivo in my book. Otto is better.

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BonsoirAnna · 28/08/2009 21:34

I don't think that Thibault respelt as Tibo "works" at all.

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Naetha · 28/08/2009 21:36

Tibo makes it look like you can't spell Thibault.

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bettybeetroot · 28/08/2009 21:38

it isn't repelt(!) dh worked with a guy with the spelling tibo - i think he was belgian. tibo is also a german name...

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bettybeetroot · 28/08/2009 21:40

sorry respelt!

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Firawla · 28/08/2009 21:45

Otto is better, don't like the sp Tibo

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