Ottilie? Georgia?

[aliceandkids77]

Hi ladies,
I know I have just named my second (!!) but DH and I would love another girl already and have started thinking about some girl names (we are all sorted for boys names).

I like the name Ottilie and it is growing on me, what does everyone think? I really love it but I don't know if it's too 'weird'?
Our other name is Georgia. I've always loved this name but I'm started to think of it as the 'safe option'.
What do you think? Which is nicer? Any other girls names I could like?

Love Ottilie. What does 'pretentious' mean? Pretending to be what? What if you just like the name ?

I'm not keen on either. Ottilie sounds and looks awful - utterly, otterly. Georgia is dated and now somewhat downmarket and just reminds me of the Deep South. If I had to pick, I'd pick Georgia over Ottilie.

Ottilie Butterly 😳

Ottilie is quite popular at the mo it seems particularly among upper middle class/what will probably be future private school circles - e.g. seen quite a few among Telegraph birth announcements someone posted on another mn forum not long ago.

announcements.telegraph.co.uk/births/announcements/from/01-Jan-2019/to/27-Mar-2019/4

As a name for me personally is a bit meh but then I'm not sure if I'd just O sounding names as Olivia and Ophelia don't do much for me either. Nothing wrong with it though if you like it. Think it's ok with the surname though Georgia or Georgina flows better.

I like Ottilie. Not so keen on Georgia.

Love Ottilie

To me Otillie is pretentious, middle class and very Mumsnet I hear it suggested a lot on here but not so much in real life. Georgia is okay, prefer Georgiana.

Georgia

Love Ottilie, really don't like Georgia at all, sorry. Its dated for me.

I've only ever heard Ottilie on MN, never in RL.
Not sure how to pronounce it tbh!

Georgia is nice, I would have said classic rather than dated.

Ottilie is pronounced how it's written: Ott-i-lie

In the uk at least.

Would you consider Georgette? I think it's lovely and unexpected. Loved it since I used to read Georgette Heyer novels as a teenager.

Ottilie Mercury Just sounds weird. I like Georgie Mercury, which prefer to Georgia. I do like Georgia too though and Georgina

Much prefer Georgia definitely agree it’s a classic name in my view too.
Strong girl name not overused. Good nickname potential too whereas with Georgina you run the risk of ‘Gina’ which I really dislike.

I’ve never actually met anyone with the name Ottilie, how do you pronounce it?

Ottilie is a bit frilly.

Is Ottilie coming from mother of daughters in terms of its meteoric rise? I find that pretty cringe if it is (sorry). Literally never heard it before until she cropped up. I think it'll be faddy op to be honest.
Georgia is very 90s kids.

Georgia is fab, I associate it with very strong and determined individuals.
Ottilie on the other hand brings to mind baby otters - cute, but do you want to be compared to them when mid teens/twenties etc?

Ottilie is three syllables, as is your surname. I'd be tempted to go for a one syllable.
I don't like the aesthetics off the Ott or the Jaw sounds, but that's just me.

I can never think how to pronounce Ottilie I can’t get my head and tongue around it for some reason! Georgia is a lovely name!

I like Ottilie and have come across a couple of teenage ones. It’s very, very middle class.

I like Ottoline too.

I like Ottilie

I like Georgia more