Otter

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I know someone that's just used this for a DS.

Ridiculous! And somewhat cruel on the poor mite that's inevitably going to get ripped into at school, and later life!!

Imagine going for a job interview or big client meeting and introducing yourself as Otter ?!

People will assume otto

Oh dear! Maybe he will try and go by Otto when he is older instead...

Certainly individual but I guess that is the point

I wouldn't use it but not much different to Fox, Kit, Wren, Bunny, Kitty etc

Not very nice considering they are vicious little buggars!!

Otterly ridiculous!

Sounds a bit fishy to me.

Also a bit unfortunate if he lives somewhere where people tend to drop h’s. Everything will think the poor kid is named “Hotter”.

Pull the ott-her one!

Everything will think the poor kid is named “Hotter”.

I don't even think Hotter is worse than Otter!

If he lives in Yorkshire everyone will think he’s saying Hotter with a very Yorkshire accent. Crazy name.

Happen to agree with the poster who said no difference between otter, fox, bunny ect...

Black Labrador, surely!

Christ

I heard Rhubarb at the library this morning, I’m hoping it’s just a sweet nn and not an actual name

I like it for a middle name.
I wouldn't pick it myself, but I'd choose that over the endless George/Thomas/Henry/Oliver etc there are around. I'd hate to saddle my kid with such a dull name.

Oh dear. Will he actually go to school though? We home ed and the local home ed groups have a high proportion of kids with similarly ridiculous names.

Its interesting if nothing else. Hopefully there will be a nickname in the future that he can use. Not sure I could take anyone with the name otter seriously tbh.

I like it. Agree it's no different to Fox or Bear. And I've worked with lots of children and never heard anyone be bullied because of their name.

Fox and Bear are equally bad it's true, but that's not a good reason to pick Otter as the name for your poor child. When picking names there is a huge range available, no parent is forced to chose either ultra traditional or silly alternative. Plus there are always nicknames that can be used (eg Kitty, Bear, Bunny etc in older generations were always nicknames that children could choose to adopt more widely as adults or leave for family use only as they grew up)

My cousins nn is Rhubarb and she’s a Ruby