Ottavia name opinions

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What do you think?
Front runner for our daughter due soon!
Another option is Cosima

Thoughts on a postcard...

Quite like it
Always like Octavia and it's very very similar ....I knew one we called her Tavi

Do you have Italian heritage?
I like the sound of them both but think that Ottavia might be misheard as Octavia as that's more well known.

I also like Octavia :)

We do have Italian heritage but don't speak any Italian 😂

Ottavia just makes me think ‘Skoda’. They are excellent cars, of course, but I'm not sure I would want to be named after one.

I'm not keen

People will call her Octavia. It's very posh, so is cosima. They are both a bit fussy.

Have you posted before- there was someone else who asked about the names Octavia and Cosima, if you search you’ll find them. I think the general consensus was that they were a bit try hard and pretentious but if you like them, go for it. Maybe go for a more simple middle name so there’s the option for the child to use that in later life:

And I agree with PP, you and she will always be correcting the spelling from Octavia.

Yes that was me! On that thread someone suggested Ottavia over Octavia which I loved and now prefer! X

Bit Jilly Cooper imo.

Honestly - I’m not keen . Would think of it as Octavia misspelt

Are there any links to the number 8?

@ofwarren

Do you have Italian heritage? I like the sound of them both but think that Ottavia might be misheard as Octavia as that's more well known.

This.

I find Ottavia weirdly hard to say. My brain wants to say Octavia. Prefer either of these to Cosima. :-)

Much prefer Octavia.

Nope.

I prefer Cosima

She will have a lifetime of misspelling of her name .

I prefer Ottavia to Octavia. They are pronounced differently, ott-AAH-vee-ah as distinct from oc-TAY-vee-ah.

I like Cosima more than both.

Octavia's lovely and my preference (makes me think of Roman history and the Shakespeare character). But if you have an Italian surname/obvious Italian links, I think people will soon get used to Ottavia (although Brits might misspell it at first ). Cosima is pretty too, but I personally love Octavia.

I think it's very pretty!

I adore Cosima and Octavia. Not massive on Ottavia

@CloseYourEyesAndSee

People will call her Octavia. It's very posh, so is cosima. They are both a bit fussy.

Cosima is no more fussy than Elizabeth or Delilah...

Ottavia I’m the U.K. will be a litany of “Octavia?”s.

Cosima is like you wish you lived in Chelsea. If you do, go for it. It’s a bit pigeon-holey though.

Love Octavia, Ottavia may be a bit more difficult to get straight away. Also love Augusta.