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Original poster

baby due thursday - elodie or ottilie?

117 replies

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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3boysgirlontheway · 26/05/2013 06:47

I love Elodie, it is so pretty.

NorkilyChallenged · 26/05/2013 06:28

I love Ottilie in French but in an English accent I think it just sounds like "utterly" and that put me off using it for my daughters

AmandinePoulain · 26/05/2013 05:35

Grin Squid, I'll have to warn dd2 to watch out for idiots when she needs to spell her name out Wink

PixelAteMyFace · 25/05/2013 23:53

Elodie, definitely, very pretty name.

Ottilie makes me think of furry creatures that swim, sorry!

piemashandliquer · 25/05/2013 23:48

Have a friend with an elodie, deedee for short. Its a lovley name.

borisjohnsonshair · 25/05/2013 23:39

Elodie is lovely. My favourite French name is Maelle (pronounced My-el). Think it's a Breton name.

Moxiegirl · 25/05/2013 23:36

Love Ottilie.

Squidwoman · 25/05/2013 23:29

I mean my name

Squidwoman · 25/05/2013 23:29

Also I've never had my same shortened to Ellie. Only one person (sister) calls me El. And my council tax bill came the other day and they had spelt my name LODELODIE.... because I had said it and immediately spelt it out for them. Idiots.

Squidwoman · 25/05/2013 23:25

Elodie!!! Definitely. I am an Elodie. I love my name and so does everyone I meet. I'm 41 and have only ever met one other. (I'm half French - it's French but quite rare there too). I do have to say "Melodie without the M" quite a lot.

nickrhodesjewel · 25/05/2013 20:02

Elodie, definitely.

thezebrawearspurple · 25/05/2013 20:00

Elodie is beautifulSmile

Still18atheart · 25/05/2013 19:07

I love love love Elodie

Don't like Ottilie not even sure how you pronounce it

Leonas · 25/05/2013 18:49

*Elodie - stupid autocorrect!

Leonas · 25/05/2013 18:48

Eloise is beautiful!

EllenJanesthickerknickers · 25/05/2013 18:47

Elodie. And exactly how popular is too popular? I don't know of any Elodies in RL.

GW297 · 25/05/2013 17:42

Both are beautiful! I like Elodie slightly more though I think.

moreyear · 25/05/2013 02:22

I love Elodie but prefer Ottilie with Alice.

howcomes · 25/05/2013 02:07

Elodie is a beautiful sounding name.

pascalia · 25/05/2013 02:00

Elodie

Dontbugmemalone · 22/05/2013 07:38

Don't like those names, sorry. Good luck for the birth though.

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ukfirestorm · 22/05/2013 07:22

ottilie or ottiline though?

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scarecrow22 · 22/05/2013 07:11

Ottilie or Marcie. I have a hard to spell name and now hugely favour names that are spelt as they are pronounced - and for your soon-to-be DD's sake pronounced as they are spelt.
many congratulations and good luck

AmandinePoulain · 22/05/2013 06:53

Elodie isn't 'made up' Hmm, it's existed since at least the 9th century!

cafecito · 22/05/2013 04:03

Elodie