Bryony vs Ottilie

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Posting here for traffic, have name changed...we are totally stuck between these two names (baby is already here) and im almost too close to both of the names now and can't think properly.

So, my question is - is Bryony a lovely feminine, strong, underused name, or, is the reason it's underused because it's just not that nice, and more along the lines of Brenda/Angela/Sheila etc (it's 981 or something on the list for 2016 which really surprised me...what's wrong with it is what I'm asking...why is it sooooo far down the list)

And.... Is Ottilie really pretentious? I think it's absolutely beautiful, girly but strong, unusual but not unheard of, but is it only to be used by private school girls?

Please be gentle....like I say, I can no longer see the wood from the trees (possibly due to hormones) and have a 1 week old gorgeous little baby girl with no name 😢

How about; Brook, Lydia, Larissa, Laura, Melanie, Anastasia, Melissa, Heather, Georgina/Gina, Annalise, etc etc.

I think Ottilie is a beautiful name. I hadn’t heard it before my daughter’s were born, and it doesn’t work with our surname, otherwise it would have been on my shortlist for sure! My younger daughter has a name I’ve seen derided on Mumsnet as pretentious - I couldn’t care less. It’s not made up, it’s not a stupid ‘unique’ spelling, it’s a lovely classical name.

I was at school wth several Bryonys. I don’t hate it but it’s not to my taste personally.

Just reading back through the thread ... you seem to have a couple of Marmite names on your hands here OP!

Bryony is lovely.

We have 2 girls called Ottilie in our school. It's not private, it's a very rural school, loads of farmers kids, very small. They both have nicknames, neither is known as Tilly.
I hadn't heard of it before we moved here but I like it.
I like Bryony too. Possibly because I taught a Bryony who was absolutely lovely - polite and funny and just a great person to have around.
So I'm no help because I couldn't decide either!

What's your name, Salem? Let's judge.

Don’t know why I read these sort of threads, upsets me that so many poeple think the name we chose is so awful.

The thing is, there are an equal number who think it is wonderful. Whichever one it is!

I absolutely love Ottilie and love the nn Tilly or Otti.

Ottilie is gorgeous, Bryony is literally just "Brian" with a y on the end. Not keen.

I love Otillie! My husband did not 😢

Ottilie is lovely. You've summed up Bryony well in your OP, that's exactly what it is (the reason it's underused because it's just not that nice, and more along the lines of Brenda/Angela/Sheila etc ).

ProfessorMoody Um....many others have said they didn't like either and another also said it was 'horrid' before me, so why are you only calling me out?

Don't be silly ProfessorMoody it's baby names.. the OP has asked for an opinion! I got similar when I asked a few years back and actually it helped me decide-that I liked it despite the naysayers!

Either will get regularly misspelled. As someone with a name (a surname in my case) nobody can spell right, going through my life having to spell it out every time and still having people spell it wrong, it sucks. So I wouldn't use either of those names for a child of mine.

I didn’t know Ottilie was a name - is it supposed to be Ottoline?

They’re both pretty, but I would pick Briony over Ottilie :)

I LOVE Ottilie, shortened to Tilly. It's such a lovely name. When I hear Bryony I just think brine like the liquid pickled fish comes in, sorry. Have you considered Natalie? Sounds like Ottilie but less hard to spell.