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Rhett vs Nash vs Atlas / Aubrey vs Ottilie

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lunniss23 · 07/08/2025 08:21

We think we are down to our contenders for our first baby due next month, we have kept the gender a surprise.

We both are huge country music fans and that's were some of the inspo on the boys names comes in - I know they won't be everyone's taste.

What are peoples honest opinions, I know the boys names especially aren't overly common in the UK but I think they are recognisable enough and easy to pronounce.

Boys

Rhett Oliver
Nash Jude
Atlas Terrence (Terrence is family name)

Girls

Aubrey Florence (nn Bre or Aub)
Ottilie Honey (nn Ottie or Otts)

Thanks :)

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TheGirlWhoLived · 07/08/2025 09:23

I would just be aware of the current literary connections! Atlas was one of the main love interests in It Ends With Us (the hugely popular Colleen Hoover book that got made into a bit of a train wreck of a film with Blake Lively) a very successful chef from a domestic abuse household

And Nash Hawthorn from the Inheritance Games trilogy (plus the Grandest Game trilogy). Obviously he’s a hugely successful billionaire cowboy with a southern drawl.

so no negative implications but I always like to know the namesakes!

Aubrey is a girls name more so than boys I think

RosesAndHellebores · 07/08/2025 09:23

Oliver Jude works well and is nice
Ottilie Florence
Florence Audrey

As others have said Aubrey is a male name.

Personally I don't like the other names on your list and think the child may be more comfortable with something more mainstream - speaking as an older person who took a lot of shtick as a child/younger person because my name was uncommon.

PragmaticIsh · 07/08/2025 09:22

You're right that Audrey ( with a d) is usual for girls in the UK; it's a post-war name and those are about to come into fashion. Aubrey (with a b) is a boys name here.

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lunniss23 · 07/08/2025 09:18

Twentytwotwelve · 07/08/2025 09:11

Love Atlas, I can imagine it on all ages - lovely name.

I like both of your girl names but I think I’d go for Aubrey for the sheer fact it’s the less popular one.

Don’t worry too much about the responses - MN have an older demographic of users, a lot of which no long have young children. These names would definitely not “raise eyebrows” in my DS’s nursery. People are using a much wider range of names these days - especially for boys.

Thanks so much, appreciate it. I think you are right, I don't consider them a wild choice, different maybe....

I think they believe all boys should be called Edward, Paul and Thomas. 😂

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Berlinlover · 07/08/2025 09:17

I’m a big fan of Gone With The Wind so love the name Rhett. I like Nash too, I’m not a fan of your other names.

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lunniss23 · 07/08/2025 09:16

DeliciouslyBaked · 07/08/2025 09:14

Agree with pp - Ottilie has been a big riser recently and I think it will date it. There are lots around us (London). What's the country music link - i thought it was european origin?

What about Florence as a first name? I love that name.

Your boys names are not to my taste but of the three I like Atlas the best.

I thought I made it clear I obviously didn't lol. It was the boys names that had the country inspo. The girls names are just ones we like.

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lunniss23 · 07/08/2025 09:15

LessOfThis · 07/08/2025 09:12

What about Aubrey Plaza?!?

For sure! Lots of female Audrey's - in my opinion it is now widely more known as a female name.

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DeliciouslyBaked · 07/08/2025 09:14

Agree with pp - Ottilie has been a big riser recently and I think it will date it. There are lots around us (London). What's the country music link - i thought it was european origin?

What about Florence as a first name? I love that name.

Your boys names are not to my taste but of the three I like Atlas the best.

LessOfThis · 07/08/2025 09:12

What about Aubrey Plaza?!?

TheFairyCaravan · 07/08/2025 09:11

I like Ottilie. The rest I’m not keen on at all, sorry.

Twentytwotwelve · 07/08/2025 09:11

Love Atlas, I can imagine it on all ages - lovely name.

I like both of your girl names but I think I’d go for Aubrey for the sheer fact it’s the less popular one.

Don’t worry too much about the responses - MN have an older demographic of users, a lot of which no long have young children. These names would definitely not “raise eyebrows” in my DS’s nursery. People are using a much wider range of names these days - especially for boys.

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lunniss23 · 07/08/2025 09:10

They are a similar vibe, I quite like them - will def put these to my other half. Thanks :)

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AnnaMagnani · 07/08/2025 09:08

I like the boys names.

Ottilie has been having a moment for some time so I think you will find it isn't unusual and will date. Aubrey I'd assume was a boy, I don't think it's a unisex name.

greglet · 07/08/2025 09:07

I like Ottilie. Aubrey is a boys’ name.

Of your boys’ names, I prefer Nash and Rhett; Atlas is having a moment and will date really quickly, I think. Do you like either Tate or Wyatt?

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lunniss23 · 07/08/2025 09:05

Totally agree, some people's thought processes are wild. You'd think these are totally outrageous name choices. Thanks :)

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SquigglePigs · 07/08/2025 09:05

I like both your girls names. DD has a friend (female) cake called Aubrey so unlike some posters I think of it as a girls name. Ottilie Honey is a bit much though - I think Florence works best with both first names.

I don't love your boys names but think Rhett works best. Reminds me of Brett and that was a perfectly normal name when I was growing up.

DaisyChain505 · 07/08/2025 09:04

The boys names are not good. They sound very American and tacky.

Nash sounds like the name of a pet not a child.

TheyreLikeUsButRichAndThin · 07/08/2025 09:02

Soontobe60 · 07/08/2025 08:31

I love all the second name choices, the first name choices are too ‘out there’ for my liking, especially the boys. Rhett - as in Rhett Butler, Gone With The Wind, Nash - as in Gnasher the dog from the Beano, Atlas - what if he turns out to be a small skinny boy? Aubrey - I think of this as a boys name, Ottilie - people might think it’s Hottilie, could be teased?

Why, why, why would someone mistake Ottilie for Hottilie?? What is Hottilie? What is this thought process??? Someone else said Ottilie will be called Atilla the Hun….. they really wouldn’t, they’d have to be calling whole swathes of children that as it’s a very well used name.
As for people not knowing how to spell Rhett and thinking it’s Wretch…. Do people really have such a small frame of reference? 😅

LongStoryLong · 07/08/2025 09:00

I’ve only ever heard Aubrey as a man’s name. Aubrey works in finance (real estate finance to be precise) and sails at the weekends. Wears red trousers.

LongStoryLong · 07/08/2025 08:58

I think Atlas is quite common in other countries. I know a Hungarian one and a Turkish one. Terrence though. I’d be vetoing that one sharpish (and I did veto a similar family name when I was pregnant with ours).

Equimum · 07/08/2025 08:52

I like Ottilie, but agree that it's not that unusual - we know three!

I only know of Aubrey as a boys name, so although it's lovely, it might lead to confusion.

I'm less keen on your boys names - sorry!

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lunniss23 · 07/08/2025 08:52

PumpkinSpicePie · 07/08/2025 08:49

I like Rhett Oliver.
The girl names aren't my cup of tea. Aubrey is a man's name to me

Thanks! That was our favourite - obviously not that well received lol. I feel its pretty inoffensive and not too child like. Done a lot of research, it is far more common in the US especially in the south but it has some traction over here too.

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TheyreLikeUsButRichAndThin · 07/08/2025 08:52

I like Nash. Don’t mind Rhett either but think they’d both raise eyebrows if you’re in an average UK area. Atlas is pretty well used these days, it’s like Arlo a few years ago.

Ottilie - is that ‘country’? There are 3 in DD’s nursery class, it’s pretty popular.

I really like Aubrey and think it’s pretty girly for a boy so I don’t mind it for a girl.

Todaystoast · 07/08/2025 08:50

Atlas and Aubrey are the best.

PumpkinSpicePie · 07/08/2025 08:49

I like Rhett Oliver.
The girl names aren't my cup of tea. Aubrey is a man's name to me

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