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Phillippa, Madeleine or Ottilie?

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Ohwhatabeautifulmorning · 24/04/2011 21:27

DD2 was born last week, and DH and I can't decide on a name:

Phillippa (Pippa) Annabel Rose
Madeleine Annabel Rose
Ottlilie Annabel Rose

Which do you prefer??

(DD1 is Ophelia Louisa May if that helps)

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Lonnie · 24/04/2011 21:30

Ottlillie

never cared for Phillippa and madeline is just way to popular for me

everlong · 24/04/2011 21:32

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DramaInPyjamas · 24/04/2011 21:32

Congratulations (:

Never heard of it tbh, but I quite like Ottlilie.

kittencuddles · 24/04/2011 21:40

IMO Ottilie and Ophelia might be a bit much. I prefer Madeline or Pippa. Both are gorgeous (actually ALL are gorgeous! Lol!)

Congratulations, sorry I've not been much help!

xxx

MsHighwater · 24/04/2011 21:41

Ottlilie is ridiculous. Sorry. I wouldn't choose either of the other two but they wouldn't make me laugh out loud, at least.

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CarefulWithThatAxeEugene · 25/04/2011 01:20

It's Ottilie - not Ottlilie! Smile

Wabbit · 25/04/2011 01:33

Oh - MN poster name appreciation hijack!!

CarefulWithThatAxeEugene - I've not thought about 'Relics' for Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many years!!

I think I was 7 when my brother was into pink floyd - have timetravelled back to the drawing room in the house where I grew up!! So thank you Smile

Ottilie is the best, unless you have a particular yen for a girl who loves horses - then Phillipa which means (or so my sister always told me) lover of horses.

kreecherlivesupstairs · 25/04/2011 06:58

I prefer Ottoline. DD had a friend called that and has decided that her children (all the girls at least) will be called Ottoline.
Prefer Madeleine to Pippa if that's any help.

FanjoForTheMusic · 25/04/2011 07:23

I like Ottilie, although with Ophelia it might be a bit matchey matchey try hard. Not keen on Phillippa I'm afraid.

I know it's not helpful to suggest other names at the point...

...but what about Elodie? Same sort of idea as Ottilie perhaps? More popular though, I'm sure.

Congrats, by the way! Grin

ChaoticAngelofchocolateeggs · 25/04/2011 09:58

Either Madeleine or Ottilie.

suspiria · 25/04/2011 14:00

Ottilie and Madeleine are my favourites

Prunnhilda · 25/04/2011 14:10

I love Ottilie. That was on my list.

theagedparent · 25/04/2011 14:35

Ottilie is gorgeous

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Grabaspoon · 25/04/2011 14:39

Ottilie or Phillippa (Pip)

teobaldo · 25/04/2011 15:25

I love Ottilie, it was my first choice for my dd but dh refused to go for it and came up with lots of reasons, including the fact that has teasing potential....
if you dh likes it go for it! even if i have to say i think it is a bit too much with ophelia. not mad on philippa and m is nice but very popular

mathanxiety · 25/04/2011 15:57

Madeleine Annabel Rose is lovely.

Philippa is nice too but I think it will become popular this year.

Ottilie is a bit comical.

LoopyLoopsNincompoop · 25/04/2011 16:01

Madeleine.

Really, not O&O. Far too matchy.

Idreamofsunshine · 25/04/2011 19:51

Madeleine definitely. I dont like the other names at all

pointydog · 25/04/2011 20:04

Madeleine, it's lovely.

MelinaM · 25/04/2011 20:16

Ottilie is beautifulSmile

Phillippa is awful, and madeline is very, very common popular at the moment!

Ottilie Annabel Rose is perfect!

tummytickler · 25/04/2011 20:16

Philippa is lovely. Ottilie is a bit trendy with the 'O' beginning and the 'ie' ending, it sounds more popular/common than it is. Madeleine, is lovely, a classic. But I do not like Maddie/Mads.
So I vote for Philippa.

Ohwhatabeautifulmorning · 25/04/2011 21:10

Thanks for all your opinions! My favourite is Ottilie but DH still wants a few more children after this one, and the only name we like for a boy is Oliver, so it would be too many Os! I'm leaning towards Madeleine, because i'm not 100% on Phillippa, its only there becauseI love Pippa! This is too hard!

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MrsSchadenfreude · 26/04/2011 07:11

I have an Ottilie. She has always been the only one at school. But when she was at school in UK, she was called either Ottilie Butterly or Oatibix...

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