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baby due thursday - elodie or ottilie?

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ukfirestorm · 21/05/2013 18:27

Baby is due thursday, what do people like - elodie, or ottilie? Alice is middle name. One set of in laws prefer elodie, the others ottilie. HELP!
Also nicknames advice please......

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Mehrida · 28/05/2013 10:06

I can't believe Otillie is so popular. Certainly not up here in the wilds of Scotland it's not.

My lovely gran was Otillia, nn Tilly. The kindest, gentlest person I've ever known so I'm a bit biased on your name choices!

All the best with your forthcoming arrival.

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ukfirestorm · 28/05/2013 09:53

Is Elodie too popular, should we go Marcy elodie? {Its a double barrelled surname - C-L

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tilbatilba · 27/05/2013 21:59

Otillie is just beautiful !

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ukfirestorm · 27/05/2013 20:26

well this one is now four days overdue, maybe she wont show up till we name her/

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everlong · 27/05/2013 19:50

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Badvoc · 27/05/2013 19:48

Elodie

MrsSchadenfreude · 27/05/2013 19:45

How about Marnie? Marnie Alice is nice.

ExitPursuedByABear · 27/05/2013 19:32

Ottilie. Love it.

lovemybabyboy · 27/05/2013 19:30

Elodie

Squidwoman · 27/05/2013 15:59

Depends on the surname....

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ukfirestorm · 27/05/2013 15:11

Maybe :)

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ChippingInWiredOnCoffee · 27/05/2013 14:06

How about Elodie Marcy?

amandine07 · 27/05/2013 13:08

Elodie Alice is lovely!

diddl · 27/05/2013 11:57

Marcie by far the best name imo.

Quite like Marcie Alice tbh.

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ukfirestorm · 27/05/2013 11:43

God thanks for all the comments, we have taken a left turn and now we are deciding between -
Marcy Elodie
Elodie Alice and
Marcie Ottilie

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Lebkuchenlover · 26/05/2013 21:33

Love Ottilie!

AmandinePoulain · 26/05/2013 17:29

Squid, I also have an Amelie. I love Emeline but thought it sounded too similar to Amelie for dd2. Amandine isn't my real name though, I wish it was, I hate my first name Hmm

MummytoMog · 26/05/2013 15:18

I'd rather have Ottoline than ottilie. I know rather too many Elodies now to really like it. Are you set in a French name? I love Melusine but probs doesn't work with Alice.

SoupDragon · 26/05/2013 15:13

Elodie.

Squidwoman · 26/05/2013 15:09

@ Amandine07 and AmandinePoulain I love the name Amandine but you have to say it with a French accent! I also like Amelie and Magalie (in French). My sister is called Emeline which I like too.
I'm having a boy in Sept and we want to call him Atticus. I love it even though it doesn't really work in French. Tant pis!

OrangeFootedScrubfowl · 26/05/2013 09:34

Do you think you will shorten the names? To what?

Squid that is funny!

amandine07 · 26/05/2013 09:31

Not really heard of Ottilie- only Odile which is kind of similar.
Personally, sounds too much like "otter" and potential annoying spelling issues.
I would go for Elodie!

amandine07 · 26/05/2013 09:29

Oooh I love Elodie- beautiful!

Yonionekanobe · 26/05/2013 08:03

I'd never heard of Ottilie until there was an actress in something at Christmas called Ottilie nn. Otto. I really like it and added it to our girls' names list but DH vetoed it immediately. No idea it was getting so popular.

I think Ottilie Alice is lovely.

Elodie is also a nice name, but I know a baby Elodie whose mother is a horrible snob so very unreasonably that's put me off it.

theboutiquemummy · 26/05/2013 06:59

Why is everyone calling their child ottilie ?

Elodie is more unusual