Otis?

[MakeYouSoSureAboutIt]

Currently TTC without much success but DH and I like to discuss baby names anyway.

He is on board with my other names - for a girl; Lydia or Elena and for a boy Henry or Winston. But he hates, hates, hates Otis! But I love it.

MN opinions?

I think it is horrible and wet sounding

Otis first made me think of lifts, then that aardvark. Your future child could never go up in a office block or skyscraper without someone mentioning it!

Only when someone mentioned Redding did I remember the singer (as much as I like his songs!)

And then I started thinking of Otitis, which is a general term for ear infection.

(Otto (as a pp suggested) makes me think of the pretentious character in Beetlejuice!).

Couldn't you just go with Oliver?

Lifts.

But it doesn't really matter what we think. If the child's father hates the name, then you can't have it.

Love it!

Really not keen on the name Otis, I don't think you should choose it if your husband is so against it too, why pick a name one of you absolutely hates? I love Lydia and I think Elena is a really nice name too

Total mixed bag on here then!

DH does hate it, but he hates a lot of things before I tell him he’s wrong !

I will just keep mentioning it and see how it goes.