Ottilie

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I love this name but DH says he hates it...keen to get other's opinions. I think it is so pretty but DH says it makes him think of otters?!!

I love it and think it is open to nicknames which is always important as it gives the child/future adult a chance to find something they like (Tillie, Ottie, Lillie)
Similar 'genre' names:
Matilde/Matilda
Saskia
Olivia
Amelie
Millicent (Millie)

It's ok. A proper name at least.

Pretty? Not to my eye...maybe if you're a fan of Tilly, which I'm not.

I like it a lot

Love this name it's pretty, feminine, sophisticated and classy all in one. Very versatile and not very common either.
What's not to love?!

I love this too , but whenever I ask anyone their opinion they usually say it makes them think of Utterly Butterly and others say its a middle class French name- both have put me off a bit .I would definitely still consider it though as it's really pretty and unusual . I like it best when spelt Ottolie .i guess you could have Lottie as a nn too

Doesn't it sound too much like utterly?

I never know how to pronounce it, is it OTT-il-ee or oh-TILL-ee or oh-til-EE? If it's the first one then it reminds me of otters as well.

I imagine that every mumsnet daughter would be called this if inly it weren't for all those prospective fathers vetoing it.
I don't like it much. I think it's cute, but I don't think it sounds like an afult's name.

Yeah I think I'd pronounce it the first way..!

I've always been confused about the pron too. Is it OH-Tilly or OTT-ily or...what?

I actually just find it a bit confusing and weird.

I like it. What's wrong with otters? I think otters have a very similar cute/scary/awesome ratio to cats.

It sounds like someone with an accent saying utterly. I don't like it but then I don't really like names beginning with O

Don't like it. It just sounds really awkward to my ears.

Ottilie = originally a German name, and pronounced Ot-tee-lee-yuh.

Now sometimes pronounced different ways in different countries, but I much prefer the original pronounciation.

It is so awful.

No it's lovely. I mooted it here yesterday as an 'alternative to but similar' for Orianna.

I'm with flora the German pronunciation is beautiful, sounds a bit like Otteelya to rhyme with Ophelia (or the one I know is pronounced like this) I have heard the other ways but prefer this way.

All very well. But in the UK it's not pronounced that way. It's Ott -il -ee.

I could go onto many threads and wax lyrical about the pronunciation being better from country of origin, but (with the exception being the mangling and part anglicization of clementine which is a bugbear of mine) why bother.

I like it and it was on our list 12 years ago.

I know 2 - one is 3 and one 7. Both pronounced Ot-il-y.

I prefer the German pronunciation but suspect you'd have the Devils own job getting people to accept in the UK as the French pronunciation is the route by which the name has become known here.

Chill out reuset!

It's slightly odd. Sounds like it's already been shortened. What about Ottoline?

I like it!

Don't like it at all.

It's ok. Prefer Elodie or Ettalie maybe one of those might get past DH?