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

it's pretty, but as PP said, would depend on your social circles. Imagine shouting it out in ...Farmfoods, or Asda or Waitrose?

Makes me think of otters

I think it’s very pretty. It definitely has a kind of aspirational middle class association but tbh I don’t think anyone should pay too much attention to things like that if it’s a name they love.

Ottillie has alwas been a bit of an Oddity to me.

Love it!!

Sorry OP, I know it’s an old name but to me it’s so jarring that it sounds made up - like someone took the name Natalie and tried to make it yooneek by replacing the Nat with an Ott.

It's a bit much tbh....

I know a 10 year old Tilly who is really an Ottilie. It’s a nice variant on Matilda in that regard.

I heard a dad call out to his daughter with that name last summer. It sounded very try hard. He called out to his son as well with an equally pretentious name but I have forgotten what it was.

It's the same as all those parents naming their kids Skye, Summer and Sienna thinking they were so different when they are becoming a generations equivalent of Sharon, Karen, Gary and Jamie.

Too try hard and the nickname is too twee. Someone mentioned Clementine which is a similar style but more grown up.

cute, you need to be smart to use it horsey or goes to boarding school .. bit twee though honestly not sure it's a name that 'suits' all personalities like others do more.. the ott bit at the start maybe. But its better than a chav name or a name thats overly trendy ending with an a

I strongly dislike it

I love it, nearly chose it myself. But I have a lot of American friends. Sounded awful with an American accent now stuck saying it with the accent on my head

Love it!

I know four and all are under five. I suspect it will continue to increase in popularity and become a defining name of its generation, much in the way you can roughly tell how old someone called Michelle or Sharon is.

I think it’s a lovely name but very popular right now, I personally know two people who have given birth in the last 6 months and named their baby Ottilie. So expect it to be not so unusual in future x

Thankyou so much for all the input! Seems to have pretty much split opinions! My only other choices are Hattie (Harriet) and Piper. Does anyone prefer either of these? X

Piper is absolutely dreadful. Not mad on Harriet but it's a perfectly ok name.

Ottilie is much, much nicer than either of those. Although I do kind of like piper, but only in a vague way.

Harriet was on our list, it’s a fab name.
Piper is ok but not as nice as Ottilie and Harriet.

My eccentric great-aunts had a sofa with a large dip at one end that was known as Aunt Ottilie's Hole. They were born in the 1880s, I think, so Aunt A would have been even older. The name is certainly due for revival! It's lovely.

Harriet is much nicer than Ottilie and Piper. It’s not my personal style but is lots classier than both of those.

My late dgm ( born 1928 in Germany ) had a mum called Ottie and also her elder sister was too and I’ve always liked the name.

I’ve never heard it used here at all.

I really like it, DD has a friend called Ottilie
(My dearly departed Dad used to refer to her as Ottilie Butterly though)

It's ok but I know an Otilia which I prefer.