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

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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

Ottilie (Would love to name her Ottilie Tiger and her pet name would be Tilly Tiger but I've been told this is cruel?)

I LOVE this!

Was going to say that Sunny (sp?) is a boy’s name in some Asian cultures.
I know a few Tilly’s (although I’d guess they’re Matilda rather than Ottilie).
Junie is cute, and I actually quite like that spelling of Mollie.
I have a boy with a pretty unusual name (Gaelic form of a common boy’s name) and I don’t regret it.

Tillie or Tiger but not together, it would be like naming your Daughter after a soft porn star

Just call your dd what you want.Kids will always find something to tease over.

I love Juniper. Ottilie makes me think of Utterly Butterly sorry.

Agree with those saying Tiger should be a little pet name rather than a birth certificate name but I do mostly like the others, except Sunny.

I've got a Luna with a very traditional middle name but call her my Luna Moon

Haha just me then it's not like OP was planning her first name to be tiger. Love all the names actually, except Clover. Clementine is my favourite.

Clementine is a beautiful name. I also like Ottilie.

Juniper is okay.

I'm not fond of the others really. Maggie is fine as a short name - I love Margot.

The Tiger/Tilly Tiger is a bit try-hard, if I'm honest.

I don’t like Ottilie, sounds like oddly. Odd.

The rest are fine.

I prefer Matilda if you like Tilly. Matilda Tiger.

If you like Clover and Clementine then how about Claudia?

Just remember you are naming a baby but raising them to be grown up. They just sound twee especially if you project these on to a woman

I'm not keen on Sunny, because as others have pointed out it might not fit her personality.

I also think Clover sounds like a cows name. I'm sure there was a cartoon at some point with a cow called Clover.

Other then that I think they are lovely.

Ottilie, Indigo and Clover are m

I like all of them though I prefer Clemency to Clementine.

Ottilie, Indigo and Clover are my faves.

If you've ever read Susan Lewis's "No Child of Mine" you would never put Ottilie and Tiger together. Just don't OP.

www.amazon.co.uk/No-Child-Mine-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B007NG95EG/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?tag=mumsnetforu03-21&ie=UTF8

I honeslty dont get it when people say well i want o to call him samuel but i will call him sam

just name him sam then ffs

Sunny Clementine reminds me of Sunny Delight awful orange drink and Tilly Tiger sounds childish Peppa Pig's friend. Rest sound fine.

My daughter has an uncommon, but not particularly out there, first name, with Tiger as a middle name. She is now an adult and has always lived her name. I love Tilly Tiger

All the cow references are putting us off Clover quite nicely - which is a shame as I actually love it and you can say similar about a lot of names, Daisy for instance. But definitely feeling hmmmm about that one now,

Same with Sunny, not particularly bothered about the Sonny/Sunni comparisons but both on here and off here it does seem to get a lof of downward facing thumbs

I wouldn’t use Sunny because of the popularity of Sonny for boys. How about Soleil?
I love Clementine and Clemency.
Otillie is okay.
I do think of Indigo as a boys name.
Mollie, Clover and Juniper are all nice, but have very different vibes.

Ottile Tiger Smith (let's say) would be her name though, Tillie, Tillie Tiger, would be nicknames. If she became a high flying professional she could choose to be known as Ottilie Smith. Which is a lovely name. And when she came home she'd be Tilly Tiger. If she were to become anything else she could choose Tillie, Tillie Tiger, Ottile Smith, Tillie Smith. Middle names and nicknames mean nothing really, as long as you give your dd a name that she could use whether she's a CEO or a cleaner it's no-one else's business.

@GabsAlot I agree, hence Annie, Maggie and Margot. But sometimes you can really like the long and short version

Imagine that one day your daughter might be a lawyer, doctor, accountant or any other professional and give her a real name that will signify respect (just as we mainly do with boys). What you call her as a nickname as a toddler and small child does not matter, but remember that she will be 35 one day and will need to wear her name.

@Ellie56 haven't read it but I'm curious though...Will you tell me or do I have to read the book?

The first time I heard a friend's DD name Flora (Flo) I kept thinking about margarine, but it grew on me. I don't like chavvy sounding names, but Clover, "Clo", I think could be ok.