Juno? Otto?

[LeOrange]

I am toying with names for DC3 - no idea whether we are expecting a boy or a girl, but at the moment Juno and Otto are the forerunners. We are both teachers, so tend to go for names we are unlikely to hear in the classroom.

So, my questions are, what else might be like and what might be nice middle names for the aforementioned.

TIA

Juno I love. Funky yet girly.

Otto I'm not liking. I just keep thinking of stoner Otto from The Simpsons.

I hear that. We like Germanic or Old Testament names for boys (family connections) and slightly gutsy ones for girls (we have an Isaac and a Nancy already).

Otto I really like. I met a cool one year old called that in London at the weekend. Juno I do also like, but it does also always call up 'Junoesque', which might be a lot to live up to as a rib-thin, flat-chested fourteen-year-old. Or differently problematic if she's plumpish. I suppose I'm always wary of names with connotations of body type like 'Willow'.

I love both names, and had bith on my list. So I will share what other names were on my list as we may have similar taste!

Flora
Fleur
Mabel
Aphra
Iris
Posy
Kitty
Effie
Astrid
Polly
Pearl
Juniper

Rex
Sonny
Ezra
Jude
Arlo
Asa
Wilder
Cassius
Kit

Love both those names. Isaac and Nancy too :) impeccable taste, op!

The only Otto I know are rugby players and of course Otto von Bismarck

*Ottos

Juno is wonderful, I love it.

Not so keen on Otto, but I like the vibe you're going for.

I like Jude, Arlo & Kit from Vain's suggestions for boys.

For middle names I think you need something simple & classic to offset the quirky first names.

I think they´re both lovely.

Otto is a fab name.... Although it does come up as ottoman on auto correct

Both lovely!

Other suggestions:
Cleo
Thisbe
Juniper
Vera
Judy
Bonnie
Delphi

Orson
Sven
Arlo (trendy but lovely)

Otto is great. I like Juno, but know quite a lot of pets with that name too...

How about Jane instead of Juno? Old fashioned, strong, not very popular choice nowadays.

Really like them both.

I know two great, popular teen Otto's, so it's a cool name for me.

Love Juno so much.

I think I'd go with a three syllable middle name with Juno, having trouble thinking of any I love with it though...

Thanks all - VV, unsurprisingly, I love lots of your choices. Thanks for listing! I haven't heard the word Junoesque before and I thought I knew lots of words.

I hadn't realised we had a type of name: we have Orson, Otto, Rex, Hector on the boy list and for girls; Rita (she would be Rita May), Juno, Esther and Edith.