Ottie or Esmeralda?

[Gigi97]

Opinions on these girls names please ….

Ottilie and Esme are nicer

They are both crackers.

ottie isn’t a name, other than a nn for a jolly otter. 🦦

Esmeralda will just make people think hunchback

are you in fact naming a jolly otter? I hope so

For a human child? Both are terrible.

Agree

These are two incredibly different names. I'm surprised you're considering both, honestly.

I'd go with Esmeralda, though I do think it work better on someone who has the heritage to back it up (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese...). I'm not sure I could pull off being called Esmeralda. Also, be prepared to correct the "EsmerElda" mispronunciation.

I've never heard of Ottie before and it sounds more like a nickname to me than a real name.

Esmeralda is beautiful!

She could shorten it to Esmy.

I hate Otter or Ottie.

Ottie sounds like Otter gone wrong

Esmeralda is dreadfully clumpy.

Ottie the hotty. No.

Esmeralda is beautiful, but a bit frilly for a British child (if that's who it's for).

Esmeralda isn't any more 'frilly' than many other 4 syllable names like Seraphina, Adriana or Anastasia. I think it's beautiful.

Love Esmerelda

I know a 25 year old Esmeralda and she absolutely hates it. She insists on being called Esme and even on her wedding invitations refused to have her full name.

Emerald is slightly better?

either are pretty, though as pps have said perhaps Esme is more wearable? I know two Otties so it’s definitely a real name!

Sorry, neither

Sorry but Ottie is dreadful. I'm northern and so to me it sounds like the word hotty when someone drops their H. I assume you're not Northern as actually it sounds even worse when I say it aloud. Ott-eh

I don't really like either but at least you could shorten Esmeralda to Esme.

I love the name Esmeralda

Ottie doesn't sound substantial enough for a name.
Esmeralda is better but not to my taste , it has the whiff of a dodgy fortune teller in an unsophisticated murder mystery.

Ottie? Have you taken leave of your senses?

Esmeralda is awful too.

Ottie is nice, where as Esmeralda is a bit of mouthful and will definitely get shortened.

I’ve only heard Ottie as a shorter nn for Ottilie which I quite like, maybe go with that so she has the choice of whether to shorten it?

Are you having twins OP?! You've started a lot of name threads in the last few weeks 😂

I’m having a boy. I posted this for a friend who’s having a girl & considering these 2 names x

Ottie is a nickname at best.
Esmerelda is ridiculous.
Neither are appropriate for an actual human to live with.

Ottie is too much like hottie or totty, sorry 🙈 she’ll be subjected to a lot of jokes if you name her that. Maybe try Ottilie?

Esme is ok, Esmeralda is a bit of a mouthful but I don’t hate it

@NotMaryWhitehouse the above reply from myself was meant for you. And by “a lot” you mean 3? Including this one. Which like I said was for a friend. I posted 2 threads for boys names I’m considering.