Baby boy name Otis

[Jonesyles]

Hi everyone
Please can you help me decide on baby name Otis?? I keep going on and off it but my 3.5 year old is adomant his name should be Otis! Also thinking about Tommy. I’m 37 weeks pregnant.
What’s your thoughts?

Otis is a great name - i like it much more than Tom/Thomas.

@GreyhoundG1rl

Guess I'm alone in thinking it's terrible...

No you’re not. A friend’s dd named her baby Otis. All I could think was, God, if that was my dd, I don’t know how on earth I’d be able to pretend I liked it. Or at least that I didn’t hate it.

I really like it

I know 4 people with dogs called Otis

They are lovely dogs

To me, 'Otis' is a lift company. I believe they were the first people to build a lift. I worked for a lift co, hence my brain pointing that way up.

Tommy is not for me. However, your child you have the ultimate say.
A word of caution, consider any new name and what it can be associated with and possibly mispronounced as children can be v nasty at times.

Bottom line, whatever name you decide to go for, I'm sure it will be lovely :)

Prefer Otis to Tommy. My friends son is called Tommy, both parents were adamant it would be Tommy and not Thomas or Tom. A few years later and he’s normally referred to as Tom or TomTom!

All it makes me think of is either Otis Lifts or Otis Redding.

It’s a good name.

Does it pass the shout-it-across-the-park test for you?

I don’t like children being named diminutives of full names. Give them a choice ffs.

Great name.

It's not my style, tbh but it's better than Tommy.

Please remember your child doesn't have a say in the name you choose, that's up to you and your partner.

I like it but I'm a big Otis Redding fan.

Have only met one in real life, a very cool kid and it really suited him.

It was on my list because of Otis Redding, it's a great name.

Makes me think of Otis ear drops.

I like Otis for the same reasons as @Cocolapew But I do think of aardvarks... and also lifts because quite a few are manufactured by OTIS.

Not for me. I think of lifts or Otex or otitis

I agree on Otis lifts.

Otis Redding = legend.
Love it.

Absolutely love it - I often wish we'd called my son Otis...

I'm from Yorkshire too!

😃 it’s on our list and many many other people’s. Getting very popular! I know a few little ones in our local area. So I think it would be well received overall!

Otis lifts - we have family members Evan (Evans is on every other company sign it seems!) and Avery (labels) - both have literally never been commented on to anyone’s face.

Otis is nice. I really don’t like Tommy though, Thomas is fine but Tommy is a nickname and an adult won’t necessarily want to be called that.
Plus, sorry but I think of Tommy Robinson

I love the name Otis and think it goes well with the middle and last name

Nice. Tommy is also nice

I really like it OP.

3.5 year olds can have strong opinions. My big brother was adamant that I would be Bunsford if I was a boy. Fortunately I wasn't .