Please critique my list!

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Alys / Alice
Cecily / Cecilia
Ottilie
Matilda

Please critique

Alice or Ottilie but please do not spell Alice with a y.

Alice is my favourite and I agree with above poster about spelling.

They are all ok, I agree with pp don't spell it alys

Cecilia is my favourite from your list.

Matilda, I don't like the other names.

I like Alice and Cecilia rather than Alys or Cecily.

Not so keen on Ottilie.

Alys is the Welsh spelling of Alice, I like it. I think people would drop the t's in Ottilie which would drive me nuts.

I only like Matilda.

Lovely names.
Cecily is my favourite.

I prefer the Alice spelling.
Matilda is my least favourite from your list, though I think Tilda as a nn is sweet.

Like Alice then Ottilie then Matilda. Don't like Cecelia.

Hate Ottilie. Love the others. I know a baby Cecelia called Cece which is sweet.

Cecily is gorgeous

What do people dislike about Alys spelt in that way?

It's MN, people probably think it's made up instead of an actual spelling of a real name.

But I like it.

Alice is a lovely name. I like the Alys spelling a lot but I wonder if you'd be setting yourself (and your DD) up for a life of spelling it / having it misspelled? (Unless you're in Wales, maybe)

Really don't like Ottilie at all

Cecilia - such a gorgeous name!

I only like matilda

Ottilie is awful. Like a mix or Natalie and otter gone wrong.
I just don't like Matilda. No reason its just not my thing
Alice is okay. There are worse names, but. Its a bit boring and the unusual spelling doesn't make any more exciting.

I can't fault Cecila. Although I do prefer Cecily.

OP, Alys is perfectly fine. It's just MN being allergic to anything non-English.

I like all of your names, prefer Cecilia to Cecily. My favourite is Matilda.

Like Matilda.

Alice is fine, but a bit boring. Alys is setting your child up for a lifetime of misspellings and mispronunciations if you're not in Wales.

Ottillie is awful.

I like Cecily best. And I know an Alys (and I'm far from Wales, but she does have a welsh parent)

I like Cecily and Ottilie.

Matilda is a little boring and overused imo.

I love Alice & Alys. I can't see why anybody would object to Alys. As others have said it's the Welsh version of Alice & I think it's a lovely spelling.

Cecily, Cecilia & Matilda are lovely, I particularly like Cecily.

Ottilie looks pretty, but sounds much better in a French accent.

I like Alys and I'm strangely drawn to Ottilie... cute lil Otti or cute lil Tilly, great nn