I've been told name choices are unkind to DD on the way

[MousematsRule]

We are expecting a sister for our DD Annie Coco.
We've had a little opposition to our favourite names for this one, but then none of my close relatives liked DD's name either but it gets a lot of compliments now and suits her down to the ground.

Would love thoughts on our current shortlist...

Ottilie (Would love to name her Ottilie Tiger and her pet name would be Tilly Tiger but I've been told this is cruel?)
Clementine
Sunny (would want to use Clementine as middle name for this)
Clover
Juniper (we just love the nn Junie)
Indigo (we love the nn Indie)
Mollie
Maggie

[MsTSwift]

Hmm be careful she may turn out to be a risk averse run with the crowd 13 year old and will hate Tilly tiger sunny etc. They don’t stay curly haired toddlers for very long. Would you yourself like to be called Tiger Tigger Sunny or similar? The other normal names are great. Reign it in is my advice

[WhenISnappedAndFarted]

It doesn't matter what your family think.

I'd not choose any of the names personally however I'd never say that to a relative.

[Dustarr73]

I love Sunny such a cute name.Dont mind other people your dd .Thats why dont tell people the name before hand

[RachelRosie]

I have a Maggie and have received no negative feedback from. Only met one other toddler Maggie in the last 3 years too so not to popular as opposed to Mollie.

The only name I am not keen on is Sunny. Indie is lovely!

[RachelRosie]

I have a Maggie and have received no negative feedback from. Only met one other toddler Maggie in the last 3 years too so not to popular as opposed to Mollie.

The only name I am not keen on is Sunny. Indie is lovely!

[tobee]

How strange! I was just thinking what a great name Juniper was last night op, and surprised I'd not seen it on Mumsnet before!

[MsTSwift]

I love Maggie great name

[MousematsRule]

@hazandduck one of my relatives also said Clammy Clemmie! Which was just a bit gross

[fjreflycaramel]

Tilly Tiger is cruel, yes.
Indigo - google Indigo children. Maybe India instead but expect to be accused of cultural appropriation on MN.

Clover is a cow, Maggie is Maggie Thatcher (see also Clover)

Clementine is lovely, look at the lyrics for the song 'oh me darling Clementine though.

Sunny - Sunny side up!

[EineReiseDurchDieZeit]

There's nothing wrong with any of your names

I suspect the criticism is coming from another generation as they are all very "now" names.

They need to be told they named their own children and asked how they would have received criticism of their choices

[Firsttimemama2017]

I like all your names apart from sunny, especially with the middle name clementine.

Fave is probably Clementine or indigo

[Sleepforever]

Tiger is a cat's name!
Clover is a cow's name,
Sunny is horrible
Clementine- look at song lyrics first - she would live with this song for ever more 😕

[SunshineCake]

Have the confidence to Choose the name you like and stop telling people before the birth fgs.

[MrsBertBibby]

Sunny is ridiculous.
Indigo is a men's clothing line. From M&S. She will soon be 14. Imagine.

The rest are very much not my cup of tea but they are fine.

[KillingEvenings]

Love most of these - just not indigo. India with Indie would be nice though. And I know people with each of these names (except Indigo and Molly with that spelling)

[BoomBoomsCousin]

I would only say about Mollie and Maggie that they are a bit informal and nicknamey form the get-go and a longer version with your original as their nickname might be more flexible as they age.

I wouldn't listen to people saying you are being cruel. It sued to be that people were scared of standing out at all but culturally that has completely changed and kids tend to prefer original names to having to end up being Jane M or the like all the time.

My only advice with unusual names is to check how easy it is for people to guess the spelling - I didn't do that with my DDs'. Even though their names are neither particularly common nor particularly original, it turns out we unthinkingly chose spellings for their nicknames that people often get wrong (think Emilie as a contraction of Emmeline - though not that). It annoys the heck out of them that people get it wrong so often and they can rarely find the right spelling on tourist-tat keyrings etc. Cue big disappointment (though less tourist tat!).

[blue25]

Sunny Clementine?? Really not appropriate for a child’s name.

[Musmerian]

Clover is the sister’s name in the Katy books and is lovely imo.

[BobbyBlueCat]

Ottilie - Lovely. Drop the Tiger middle name though. Just call her Tilly Tiger as a nickname if you want.
Clementine - Lovely.
Sunny (would want to use Clementine as middle name for this) - Horrid. Utterly horrid.
Clover - Lovely.
Juniper (we just love the nn Junie) - Lovely.
Indigo (we love the nn Indie) - Nice.
Mollie - Awful spelling.
Maggie - That's an abbreviation / nickname. And a frumpy one at that.

[misspiggy19]

Ottilie (Would love to name her Ottilie Tiger and her pet name would be Tilly Tiger but I've been told this is cruel?)- Tilly Tiger sounds like a 5 year olds stuffed toy
Clementine- nope. Might as well call the baby satsuma
Sunny- boys name and not a nice one at that
Clover- brand of margarine
Juniper- okay
Indigo- okay
Mollie- nice
Maggie- nice

[PrincessHoneysuckle]

Annie and Clover sound lovely together

[Grumpelstilskin]

Good grief! I feel so sorry for the poor child! I thought the OP was taking the piss but it seems it is for real...

[MrsAgassi]

I don't like Indigo although I know it has been relatively popular for the last few years.

Clover - butter/cow

Clementine I like but the rhyming names that go with it would turn me off.

Love Ottilie, but think adding the Tiger turns to from a beautiful name into a gimmicky name.

I prefer your intended nn of Junie to Juniper which I really don't like. Have you considered Junie as her actual name rather than nn?

[MsTSwift]

In 11 years of having a clementine not once has the song come up. It’s not exactly current is it?! Dates from 1901

[thrree]

I think Ottilie, Clementine, Juniper and Indigo are lovely.