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Ottie or Pixie?

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GingerbreadPudding · 02/01/2015 15:41

Our little girl will be here in two weeks time and we were set on the name Ottie. Yesterday my husband said he likes the name Pixie which had been my favourite but he had said he didn't like it!

So now, after eight months of thinking this one would be called Ottie I'm now not sure. I love the name Pixie. And Ottie.

What do you think?

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fudgesmummy · 02/01/2015 16:55

But I do think Ottie is lovely for a little baby or a grown woman!

Summerbreezer · 02/01/2015 16:55

Both far too cutsie for my taste - but if I had to, I would go with Ottie.

Simply because if your child is anything other than 5'2' and 8 stone as an adult, Pixie will haunt her forever.

Marcipex · 02/01/2015 16:55

Not sure Dixie is any better than Pixie tbh.
I know a Dixie .......all together now.....I wish I was in Dixie.......

Ottie is grim though, sorry. There will be so much teasing.

Naicecuppatea · 02/01/2015 16:57

Too cutesy sorry, good for a cute baby but for an adult I don't prefer either. Lottie any good?

Artandco · 02/01/2015 17:00

Not keen on either as an actual name

Pixie Lott - is Victoria as actual Name. Pixie works as she's a singer. As a bank manager it's slightly strange.

Phoenix with mn Pixie maybe?

Sorry I don't like either

TheFourthLobster · 02/01/2015 17:07

How about Otilie and then Ottie as a nickname?
I'm not sure what Pixie could be a nickname for, I think she'd get the mickey taken out of her too much.

LadyWellian · 02/01/2015 17:10

OK, I can see you are set on one or the other and have to say that of the two I prefer Ottie (although mainly because I quite like the name Ottilie).

However, I did misread your earlier comment "I have liked pixie since I was little [and] named my first pet pixie"

And thought, OMG, you had a pet pixie? Grin

bakingtins · 02/01/2015 17:13

Pixie is my DD's NN, but is nothing like her actual name. V cute for a baby (or a pet) but ridiculous for a grown woman.
Ottie just sounds like you failed to spell Ottilie.
It kind of suits Dr Pixie, but it's a NN and she uses her real name for her non-TV practice. What if she grows up to be as far from pixie-like as you can imagine? I'm imagining Miranda being called Pixie....

bakingtins · 02/01/2015 17:14

How about Lottie ( pref as a NN for Charlotte but unlikely to be to your taste) or Lotta?

MamaLazarou · 02/01/2015 18:06

Both names are horrendous.

LonnyVonnyWilsonFrickett · 02/01/2015 18:12

Baking beat me to it - imagine someone like Miranda (who I love) being called Pixie? Nah.

I like Ottie but people do tend to drop the glottal stop where I live so wouldn't have considered it as it would come out O'ie

florascotia · 02/01/2015 18:39

If it helps your husband, the original pronounciation of Ottilie is Ott-eel-ye-ah NOT Ott-illy.
It's a German name and that's the German way of saying it www.behindthename.com/name/ottilie

Agree with what has been already said about nicknames being sweet for babies but potentially embarassing for teenagers and adults.

shakemysilliesout · 02/01/2015 18:52

Both awful. Whichever of the 2 you pick will be bad choice. I feel sorry for your friends who will have to make polite faces when u announce the name.

lottiegarbanzo · 02/01/2015 19:03

I don't understand your DH's point about the ending of Ottilie. Both Ottilie and Ottie end in the same letters and sound, ie, pr. 'ee', typically an ending for a girl's name.

The only boy's names ending in 'ie' I can think of are cute nns for children, like Robbie, Charlie and Billy, not actual full names. Is that what he's thinking of? Even so, an 'ie' spelling, as opposed to 'y' is generally feminine, as with Billie.

Am I missing something obvious?

shakemysilliesout · 02/01/2015 19:26

I think the 'lee' sound ending is fairy unisex, Stanley, Amy, Henry, hayley...

lottiegarbanzo · 02/01/2015 19:35

But the 'ie' spelling is generally feminine.

My question though, is why the OP's husband thinks the 'ie' sound in Ottilie is masculine, while the same 'ie' sound in Ottie is feminine. I just don't get it!

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GingerbreadPudding · 02/01/2015 19:39

It's the 'lee' he thinks is boyish

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GingerbreadPudding · 02/01/2015 19:40

Loving the bluntness on this thread! Smile

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Bamaluz · 02/01/2015 19:44

But the ending of Ottilie sounds like Tillie, which is very feminine. It's not just 'Lee'

lottiegarbanzo · 02/01/2015 19:44

Ah, so Lee as in, um, Lee. I'm quite visually minded, so spellings make a big difference to how I perceive a word. So to me 'ie' is different from 'ee' and is feminine.

BreeVDKamp · 02/01/2015 19:56

Definitely Pixie - Ottie makes me think of Rottie (Rottweiler)

AbbyCadabby · 02/01/2015 19:59

Phoenix nn Pixie OR Nixie is just perfect!

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GingerbreadPudding · 02/01/2015 20:01

I don't have any problem with the ending, it's my husband that does.

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bouncingbelle · 02/01/2015 20:06

Pixie is awful for an adult to have to carry off. I didn't mind Ottie until someone mentioned it could be misheard as Hottie.

Which if them would you rather be called?

EmpressOfJurisfiction · 02/01/2015 20:17

It's not just Hottie either - potty? Botty? Or later on, spotty Ottie?

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