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Ottilie for a girl?

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Cocolikeschocolate · 04/02/2014 17:38

I'm running out of time and have hit a wall with names .... opinions on Ottilie with surname begining with B? Help!

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BehindLockNumberNine · 04/02/2014 17:41

I love love love this name and wish I had heard of it before naming dd (who is now 11)
Adore it!

Jolay100 · 04/02/2014 17:48

Really nice. I also like Edilie.

squoosh · 04/02/2014 17:49

As long as the surname isn't Bottilie.

Leeds2 · 04/02/2014 17:50

I think it is lovely.

WhereBeThatBlackbirdTo · 04/02/2014 17:50

It's lovely

UriGeller · 04/02/2014 17:56

squoosh Grin I get 'Ottilie Bottilie' when I see that name. In a thick brummie accent. Sorry OP.

MrsSchadenfreude · 04/02/2014 18:05

I've got one. It's a family name. She's never been called Ottilie Bottilie, but she does get called Oatibix. Hmm

MauriceMinor · 04/02/2014 18:25

I just hear "utterly".

ChilliQueen · 04/02/2014 18:28

Love it! I know one! A beautiful original name. Go for it!

Rhubarbgarden · 04/02/2014 20:00

I like it. I wouldn't use it unless I had some kind of French connection though, personally.

MyNameIsSuz · 04/02/2014 21:10

I love it too!

HopeS01 · 04/02/2014 22:49

I love it !
Is is pronounced Oh-ti-lee?

Thrillybumsmum · 06/02/2014 08:58

Lovely!

curiousgeorgie · 06/02/2014 13:31

I don't like it... I also just hear 'utterly'

Sorry...

pumpkinsweetie · 06/02/2014 13:35

It sounds too much like utterly

peppinagiro · 06/02/2014 15:12

I love the way it looks written down, and I want to love it, I just wish there wasn't the word 'utterly' and it would be great.

Same problem with Aurelie. I love it - lovely sound, pretty written down, BUT it sounds like 'orally'. Bloody English getting in the way :(

1944girl · 07/02/2014 00:11

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Cocolikeschocolate · 07/02/2014 20:17

The utterly thing is my sticking point too - husband has german heritage and it is a german name originally I believe so not to worried about not having the French connection although I am Irish and might be driven mad by the family not being able to pronounce the child's name ..... so much to think about ... thanks for all the feedback! Lots to mull!

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Spaghettio · 07/02/2014 20:28

We've got friends wh have named their twin girls Ettilie and Elidie. Gorgeous, gorgeous names, but a bit of a mouthful with two of them! Separately I LOVE these names!

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