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Please help us decide between our top two names...

38 replies

themsthebreaks · 19/01/2012 21:14

For a boy we are deciding between Frank and Rupert, and for a girl between Madeleine and Ottilie (nn Lottie).

This is DC3, Madeleine and Rupert were on the cards for the previous two but Frank and Ottilie we have only decided on this pregnancy, which worries me a bit that we might go off them in time (ie at least we know Madeleine and Rupert are keepers).

But then we do worry that Rupert is just too posh..(we're not).

So please help us out..

Madeleine or Ottilie/Lottie?

Frank or Rupert?

Thank you!

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changer22 · 22/01/2012 10:48

If you like Lottie, I would name her Lottie.

I know a Ned who is just that and a Joe and a Tom. I don't understand naming children one thing and calling them something else. I know 2 Harrys who are really Henrys. It must be so irritating when they change classes at school to have to correct them.

So my vote is for Frank and Lottie.

fivefoottwowitheyesofblue · 22/01/2012 10:45

Lottie and Maddie both v popular round here, so would go with Tilly as a nn as suggested up thread.

I don't like either of the boys names. I do think that Rupert is posh and also struggle to imagine a Rupert as 'head of the family' iykwim; also I can't imagine a newborn as Frank.

1sttimetryer · 22/01/2012 10:39

I think you should just call her Lottie and not Ottilie and i love Rupert :)

peggyblackett · 21/01/2012 07:02

Frank and Ottilie!

mathanxiety · 21/01/2012 06:53

Madeleine and Frank are lovely.

Lena and Lennie are nice nns for Madeleine.
Frank is lovely as a nn for Francis.

Rupert -- how confident are you that your child will have no difficulty pwonouncing his Rs?
Ottilie -- upper crusty French.

nooka · 21/01/2012 06:34

I prefer Frank as a shortening for Francis (you could use Frankie as a nn either way). Ottilie is a bit frilly/fussy for me, and would tend to assume that a Lottie was really a Charlotte (not that this is necessarily a problem).

SpangledPandemonium · 20/01/2012 22:25

Madeleine not done round these parts. Not uncommon but not everywhere. Ottilie could be the next big thing. So difficult to predict!

FWIW, I think they are both lovely names

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themsthebreaks · 20/01/2012 20:22

Thank you everyone! V mixed/divided opinions - alll helpful and man of which chime with my thoughts and worries!

I really would like to chafe my other dc names as I do think that is a big factor, but really really don't want to make myself identifiable! Our Ds has a top ten name (so have ruled out another), our DD is much less common (not even top 100) but still known. I do worry that using Rupert, although not as posh anymore, would just look a bit 80s sloaney when combined with our DD name! Frank is a better bet from that point of view I think!

Thanks again all - lots of food for thought!

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MadameCastafiore · 20/01/2012 19:10

Rupert and Ottilie

I can't say Frank wihout images of Mike Reed and Pat's earrings running through my mind!

Madeleine is so done as well. Every third little girl seems to be called it!

Abcinthia · 20/01/2012 19:08

Madeleine and Frank.

Ottilie is really nice as well though. I've never come across it before.

Rupert, just isn't my cup of tea.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 20/01/2012 19:06

Rupert and Madeleine - both gorgeous.

Frank - ugly

If you like Madeleine but not Maddie, how about Marianne/Marrie/Mimi/Minnie?

Kayzr · 20/01/2012 19:06

Rupert and Ottilie I love those names.

Madeleine is nice too but not as nice. Frank is awful.

mollymole · 20/01/2012 19:03

Rupert & Ottilie for me. Ignore the remarks about 'posh' names - it seems on this site you just can't win.

LouMacca · 20/01/2012 18:09

Rupert? Really? Sorry, but it's hideous. A gorgeous little baby called Rupert? I am surprised how many people of this thread like it?? Don't like Frank either - how about Frankie?

Both girls names are pretty. Out of the two I would go for Madeleine.

scarlettsmummy2 · 20/01/2012 17:53

I like ottilie/ lottie, but really not sure about either of the boys name.

seeker · 20/01/2012 17:51

I really

SoFarWeAreEqual · 20/01/2012 17:38

Lottie is gorgeous. Rupert is lovely

Please not Frank

LaFilleSurLePont · 20/01/2012 17:37

I don't like either boys name,but Frank is awful. You can't call a lovely new baby an ugly harsh name like Frank. Rupert is nicer.

I love both of the girls names. Lottie is particuarly lovely though.

minipie · 20/01/2012 15:27

Madeleine and Frank.

Mrswhiteinthekitchen · 20/01/2012 13:41

Frank and Madeleine or Frank and Lottie.

threecurrantbuns · 20/01/2012 13:35

I love Rupert, if we werent expecting a girl that would have been the name we would have picked.

Do know what you mean about the posh factor but I just loved it so much I don't think I could have not used it. Also when we had our first boy everyone said hip,name was posh but now its really grown on everyone and there has been 2more in our small town since he arrived bit annoyed as I loved it being individual but it Also is a sign he has a fab name.

So I viewed Rupert in a similar way.

Out of The girls I don't really like Maddie as a nn. Not completely sold on Ottilie but love Lottie.

StetsonsAreCool · 20/01/2012 13:33

Lottie and Frank. Frank is so cool.

Would you consider Reuben instead of Rupert? A friend of mine chose it over Rupert for the same reason you're worried about.

DawnOfTheDee · 20/01/2012 13:29

Ottilie and Frank!

BackforGood · 20/01/2012 13:27

Really don't like Rupert - conjures up images of a really soppy, bumbling aristocrat for me.

Bellaholland · 20/01/2012 13:24

Rupert and lottie!