Ottie or Clara

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I am six months pregnant with my first dd and am stuck between Ottie and Clara for a name. Ottie was always my first choice but I recently came across the name Clara and thought it was really pretty- my dh prefers Ottie but I think he’s warming to Clara as well- my only worry with Ottie is that people might not get the spelling straight away. Was just wondering if anyone has any opinions/experience of either names

[quote MyOtherProfile]@Moonlaserbearwolf well funnily enough I'm not wrong. I knew two when I lived in France. And Google agrees with me, as does Wikipedia, and we all know that's never wrong 😆[/quote]
Ha! You're right!! When I was looking at baby names 10 years ago there was no reference to Ottilie being French - always old German. The French references in Wikipedia etc are a much more recent addition.
Not that it matters at all - the name Ottilie/Ottilia/Ottoline are all the same derivative.

Definitely pick Clara if you want an easier name that isn't questioned all the time

Ottie just sounds like a load of made up nothingness. Clara is a lovely classic name.

Definitely Clara, don’t like Ottie at all

Clara is a beautiful name.

Ottie is horrendous. Don't be influenced by Zoella!

Ottie is dreadful. Clara of the 2, but I don't love that either

I am one of these names 😄 and it is ALWAYS mispronounced.

Ottoline, nickname Ottie is lovely, I’d go for that! Not keen on Ottolie it just doesn’t sound that great with an English accent. Clara is nice but quite popular. It’s also pronounced Clare-a by some which I’m not keen on

Ottie is not really a name afaik, I thought you had mistyped 'Ottilie' at first. It's unattractive and a bit odd. Sorry!

So Clara.

Clara. I really don’t like Ottie. Ottilie is nice.

Clara

Clara, still absolutely love it. Was my chosen name for my second child, but I had a boy!

My daughter is Annabelle so would have had Annabelle & Clara. Clara is just gorgeous - go for that!!

Popularity of Clara must vary a lot regionally, as we have one but don't know any others.
It jumped in ONS stats from c. 120 to c. 90 in the figures published 2015 (Dr Who effect?), then it'stayed pretty much static since.

Clara.

Sorry I don’t like Ottie. What about Odette?

Of the two, Clara (although it makes me think of Clara in Dr Who)

Clara