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Ok, we have narrowed it down to Otis and Cosima...

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JanuaryJuniper · 26/02/2017 22:26

We have spent most of the day looking at, discussing and playing around with our LONG list of names and think we may have narrowed it down to Otis and Cosima!!!!!

So what do you think....

Eli, Aphra & Otis

Eli, Aphra & Cosima

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BasicBetty · 28/02/2017 16:04

Both names are gorgeous. Brilliant choices!

Ilikethenamesadie · 28/02/2017 15:50

Otis isn't so bad

Ilikethenamesadie · 28/02/2017 15:50

No... some names have an element of trying to be upper class about them which i think cosima does.

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Ilikethenamesadie · 28/02/2017 14:48

Try hard = a little bit pretentious, obvious trying to be different, showy but not in a good way.

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greeeen · 28/02/2017 10:44

Like them all apart from Otis. I have a friend called Cosimo (nn coz) but never met a Cosima! Why is it a bad thing to try hard with your child's name, surely everyone does? Seems like a silly critism.

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passingthrough1 · 28/02/2017 09:31

Love them!

mathanxiety · 28/02/2017 04:56

Brilliant names whether boy or girl.

reuset · 28/02/2017 00:16

I like them both. Cosima is a breath of fresh air.

chatnanny · 27/02/2017 19:07

I love Cosima, my DD was going to call her baby that but it was a boy! It's just phonetic isn't it cos- i (as in if) - may as in mother? Nigella Lawson has a Cosima I believe.

Rockaby · 27/02/2017 19:04

Love Otis and your other DCs' names, but I'm not keen on Cosima.

Ellarose85 · 27/02/2017 13:19

I love Otis, I really wanted it for DS but DP didn't like it sob if I have another boy, I will have my way Wink

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 27/02/2017 10:02

Cosima is fab ! Your names go very well together.

GreenTrafficLights · 27/02/2017 09:52

I love Cosima. Otis is a bit ubiquitous nowadays and I don't think it's as interesting as your other names.

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JanuaryJuniper · 27/02/2017 01:27

Poncy and try hard... yep me in a nutshell your so perceptive!!!!

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Ilikethenamesadie · 27/02/2017 01:07

Poncy and try hard

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JanuaryJuniper · 27/02/2017 01:06

Ok the more I research Cosima the more pronunciations I'm finding...

Cos ee mah
Cozy mah
Co zeem ah ?????

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IHeartKingThistle · 27/02/2017 00:25

I assumed the stress was on the first syllable: CO-sim-ah. But I could be wrong!

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JanuaryJuniper · 27/02/2017 00:21

Or should it be Cos ee mah we like it either way, though it would seem that Coz eem ah is the correct pronunciation

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AdaColeman · 27/02/2017 00:18

Cosima is fab, and makes a good sib-set.

Not at all keen on Otis and don't think it goes with your other names.

(Really love Aphra!)

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JanuaryJuniper · 27/02/2017 00:18

Yeaaah nice to hear some positive comments, it's taken quite a bit of deliberation to get here ( and we haven't even sorted middle names)

Myself and dh are pronouncing Cosima as Coz eem ah......is that correct?

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WanderingTrolley1 · 27/02/2017 00:18

Otis.

Lucked · 27/02/2017 00:16

Yeah I hadn't heard of Cosima until Orphan Black although it makes sense with cosimo as the boys name.

Our familiy isn't cool enough for those names but I think they are really nice.