Twin girls! Ottilie? Ophelia? Eloise?

Eloise is beautiful but I really dislike the other two. They are current, pretentious sounding fads and I don't get why either is suddenly so popular.

Obviously you do love them, and you are the one who is expecting, so of course it's up to you, but I would strongly recommend only using one, with Eloise being the other name. You may not care about the matching initials but they are way too samey. They may be twins but they are also individuals so I think their names should reflect that.

I think Ophelia is less liable to be considered pretentious than Ottilie!

I prefer different initials but they’re all nice names. I’d go ottilie and Eloise probably

Eloise and Ottiile sounds best to me. Ophelia is too closely associated with Hamlet in my mind and wheb was a very tragic character

This. I don't have twins but I agree with all of it.

Eloise and think again for twin 2. I'm not keen on either Ottilie or Ophelia.
But suspect my suggestions will be equally against your taste! Eloise and Margot? Eloise and Clara?

I have twins, now grown-up. It's hard for twins to develop their own identity, including potentially finding separate friendship groups at school. Mine tell me they are really glad they have separate initials and names that aren't too "matchy". They both have classic names, one with 2 syllables, the other with 3. We do have pet names but generally we (and their friends) use their full names.
I think Eloise is absolutely beautiful (it was on my list). Of the 3 you suggest, I would pick Ophelia and Eloise (I find Ottilie quite harsh-sounding). And I would use the "O" name for the first-born twin, so that the second-born has her name called out first at school etc. Little things like that really mattered to my girls.

I like Ottilie and Eloise together. Lottie and Ellie sound nice together too. I’m not a fan of Ophelia (pretentious to me).

A few more ideas -

Ottilie and Aurelia
Ottilie and Adelaide
Ottilie and Adeline
Ottilie and Marceline
Ottilie and Isadora
Ottilie and Elowen
Ottilie and Elora

I don't really like any of them. Ophelia makes me think 'feel', Ottilie 'otter' and Eloise is just another El name.
Eloise is the best of the 3, but the awful misspelling makes me think 'louse'.

Agree. But I also dislike Ottilie

Ottilie and Eloise.

Probably shortened to Lottie and Lulu.

I think Ophelia and Ottilie are both lovely - but together are a bit much, for some reason. Choose your favourite. I don't think three syllables has to be abbreviated either - mine isn't and neither is my daughter's (she's 27). That's personal choice. She has a friend Eloise, same age, equally her name has never been shortened.

Ophelia and Ottilie are just way too similar. I know they're twins but don't do that to them. I knew twins called Jennifer and Genevieve and even though they're different names, different initials and having twins myself, I could still never remember which was which as just too similar in sound.

@MumChp , It's Eloise.

@Sunflowers1999 , the Elouise misspelling would be enough to put me off using the name. It's horrible.

If you are going to shorten the names,use names you like as first names, and the long names as middle names. I wouldn't use the same initials. They will be two individuals not two halves of a matching set.

Nobody including you is going to stick with using two three syllable names. So Lottie and Ellie probably. A bit twee but fine. I would personally pick something that doesn’t have a shortening that ends in ‘ie’.
If you like fancy feminine names then maybe Aurora, Clarissa, Leonora.

Eloise is lovely, sounds elegant. Really not keen on the other 2 which are rather clunky in comparison.
I think these go nicely with Eloise
Genevieve
Victoria
Odette
Juliet

I like Ophelia but it's connections are too tragic. Could Daphne work?

Personally I think all combinations of the three are a bit samey and frilly. Eloise and Ottilie doesn't roll for me.

Eloise and Christabel
Ottilie and Isolde
Xanthe and Isolde
Leonora and Eloise
Eloise and Daphne

Ophelia and Eloise go very well together.

I know Otillie is very popular but I always picture an Otter (very cute little faces, but nevertheless...)

I don't get that any one of these names sounds more pretentious than another as some PP are suggesting. Ophelia is classic, Shakespearean. Not that far from the ubiquitous Olivia really.

Ottilie and Eloise is lovely.

I think Ophelia and Ottilie sound really try hard together.
I love Eloise.

Generally though you don't get to pick the nickname, her school friends will. Would Charlotte be better for Lottie?

(I don't like the same initial but that's more because I think twins should be treated as 2 individual people, e.g not dressed in the same outfits or given similar names like Milly/Tilly etc, but that's just me!)

Ottille and Ophelia sound a bit much together. I think Ophelia and Eloise sound lovely together

I have to agree with pps that Ophelia just sounds pretentious and I personally can’t stand it. Ottilie and Eloise go nicely together.