What do you think of Ottilie?

[Ellierose4321]

Hi thanks for reading! Basically I’ve been really struggle to think o FB a girls name, I just can’t settle on anything and nothing feels right! And a few days ago I heard the name Ottilie (shortened to ottie) and I love it, it’s the only name so far I really love tbh. My only problems are I’m worried it’s slightly pretentious or too ‘out there’, what do you think? I’m not usually a massive fan of really unusual names and don’t want to sound like I’m trying too hard! Any feedback is appreciated... thanks x

I love it.

Beautiful

I use to really like this name then an influencer used it and I couldn’t stand her so now I hate the name .

I really liked it but my exH kept saying Utterly Butterly which put me off a little bit.

I was never sure whether you could change the emphasis on the syllables a little bit to avoid that, or whether that would be pretentious.

My good friend named her rabbit this 😍. Also was a sibling set I knew of the youngest was Otillie, older sisters might have been Amelia and Audrey maybe...
I think it's fits with the Tilly, Milly crowd but sounds fresher.
I saw Ottoline today which is nice too.

Love it!

I love it! But we also liked Persephone, Romilly and Cecily, but went with Cecily for our little girl.

I strongly dislike it, but it is popular on MN. Might have had a quirky posh vibe once, when there was only one or two, but now it’s the opposite.

Pretentious, try-hard name. It doesn’t even sound nice.

I think it's a bit too "now" if that makes sense.

Love ottilie.

How about the name Ethoile , it means Star and is pronounced Et o lee .

Isn’t it a very old name? Not particularly “now”.

My niece is an ottilie and we all call her ottie ❤️❤️

I’ve heard of Ottoline as a girls name but think Ottilie sounds much more feminine and Tilly or Ottie cute

A relative named her baby that last yr, it's a nice name but very "in".
What I find quite interesting is said relative had her first 2 dc very young & then 2 more much later. Each name was always very in/trendy for that particular yr so it's like a mini timeline eg Jade & Lola (very 00s) & now a Mabel & Ottilie.

I know a little Ottilie. She's very sweet and her parents aren't in the least bit pretentious.

@Chillipeanuts

It's fashionable now though, that's the point.

The once obscure girl's name Ottilie has risen to prominence as the most popular female baby name among Telegraph readers in 2019.

It is a little bit pretentious but I really like it! Tilly instead of Ottie for a nn though.

It's a beautiful name, I love it!

I love it but my husband thinks it's pretentious but he think most names I like are. I floated it as a potential when I was pregnant and got a flat no.

@YouAndMeAndTheDevilMakesThree It should be pronounced Ott-eel-y-a

However, it seems to have somehow ended up being pronounced by a lot of people as Ott-illy. As a German name, it's lovely. As an "English" name (i.e. Ott-illy), it's going to be the next Amélie - i.e. nice French name which ends up being over-used and mis-pronounced (Ammerlee).

Other than that, there are a lot of little Ottilies around, OP, so I'd be wary of it for that reason. Ottoline is less common, and you could still use Ottie as a nn.

@sauvignonblancplz would that influencer be MOD?

Other options

Odette
Odile

Yes Swan Lake characters but I know real people with those names.

I think it’s ottilie awful!