Cosima or Ottilie?

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Just that really!

Gosh, neither - sorry.

Ottilie will ensure that nobody will ever be able to spell her name correctly and that's an unfair burden on a child. I also have a unspellable name (ethnic name so no fault of my parents) and absolutely hated having to correct it on every single document or place I go to.

Absolutely Ottilie. So pretty and Cosima is horrible!

Cosima is nice
Ottilie is too twee and is utterly otterly

Not keen on either I'm afraid. I know one little Ottilie. Honestly I find both names a bit pretentious / try-hard. I prefer Sylvie, Elodie, Rosalie, Phoebe, Camille, Cleo - in a similar kind of vein.

Ottilie is quite a mouthful to call across the park all the time although i suppose you could shorten to ottie or tillie which are quite cute. Cosmina is ok, a bit out there but has a far nicer ring to it. Ottilie is quite harsh. If you like them both toss a coin. That's what I did

Sorry I glance read and picked the name up wrong. I don't like Cosima. Sounds like an underwear brand or something

I don’t particularly like Cosima, but I absolutely detest the name Ottilie

Sylvie and Elodie are French, Cosima is Italian and Ottilie is German and French. Why are Italian and German names more try hard than French and trying hard to be what precisely?

Both are gorgeous

I like them both. Cosima marginally my fave of the two, but prefer Ottie as a nickname. Cosima would no doubt get shortened at some stage, to what - Cos/Cosi?

Both as bad as each other tbh. However it's your baby your choice.

@Thedogscollar

Both as bad as each other tbh. However it's your baby your choice.

@Thedogscollar Why not Grace or Olivia eh?

Definitely Cosima.

I really don’t like Ottilie - neither the sound or the look of it written down.

Thank you all! Really useful, looks like Cosima is the clear winner! Xx

@TatianaBis

Sylvie and Elodie are French, Cosima is Italian and Ottilie is German and French. Why are Italian and German names more try hard than French and trying hard to be what precisely?

Nothing to do with the origin of the names - more to do with familiarity I think. Both Cosima and Ottilie are very unusual names without being particularly pleasant sounding (to my ears at least), which gives me the impression, rightly or wrongly, that the name is being chosen more in an attempt to be 'unique'. I wouldn't actually choose Elodie myself, but Sylvie is quite sweet and much more familiar due to the use of Sylvia (which I actually think is much nicer). It's really just a personal opinion, which is what the OP asked for. Other people who like the way the name sounds will obviously form a completely different opinion, but to me, Ottilie sounds quite harsh and clunky. It would be very dull if we all liked the same names

Like both but prefer Ottolie ( or Ottoline )

Ottolie , such an odd name (imho) just reminds me of Utterly Butterly.

Cosima is nicer but tbh there are such beautiful names you could choose.

Probably a stupid question but how do you pronounce Cosima?

I agree both a little bit pretentious. But I prefer Cosima of the two.

Neither - both too try hard to be upper/middle class.

Cosima, much more unusual and elegant imo. And I love the Mimi nn, as Nigella's daughter uses.

@ScribblyBaller

Cosima.

Ottilie reminds me of otters and Utterly Butterly.

I was thinking of otters (nasty little feckers) but now all I can think of it Otterlie Botterly 😂 shame because I thought it was a little better than Cosima, although they're both awful!

Cosima! I like Ottilie too but it's becoming increasingly popular; Cosima is more unusual without being weird.

@TatianaBis
How nice that you know and obviously follow my likes
The OP asked for an opinion and she has received many, some like some don't.