Matilda or Ottilie

[Mamaofthree123]

Nn Tilly
Middle name Rose
One syllable last name.
…or just Tilly?

Matilda

Totally agree with you. Our neighbour has a golden retriever who is Tilly too. When we walk with our dog and see her we say Look Ddog - it’s Silly Tilly!

I really like both but would probably pick Ottilie

Still is!

I prefer Ottilie as Matilda seems done to death in my area, and most of them are Matilda Rose.

Ottilie is a little bit different, it gives off victoriana vibes to me which I like, though I prefer Ottoline. Tilly is cute enough too. Rose in the middle seems very unimaginative to me but people seem to love it. Rosa would be a nicer choice in my opinion and at least a little bit different, but then I much prefer an unexpected middle name

Some very harsh comments! I know, the OP was asking and she received answers. I think they're both lovely names but I know more Ottlilies so I'd go for Matilda.

Matilda nn Tilda

Both gorgeous in my opinion. Depends if you want to go a bit rarer or if popularity doesn’t matter to you as much. I work with children 18 and under and have come across many many Ottilie’s, sometimes more than one in a day which while it is a gorgeous name it is definitely very popular in my area (South England)

I love Ottilie. I’d pick that one any time

I really dislike otillie. Matilda/tilly are nice. Love Rose!

Presumably she won't call herself Tilly at 35, though? At that point she'll be introducing herself as Matilda and everyone will refer to her by that name. Or she might just be Matilda to everyone from birth - some kids just don't lend themselves to nicknames/abbreviations.

Yes a bit like that - but in Germany (it’s a name of German origin) I’ve also heard it pronounced as “Oh-till-ee-uh” or more run together as “Oh-till-yuh”. It actually sounds closer to Ophelia in sound/style than “Ott- ill -lee” to me and so nothing close to Otterly! I think it sounds really pretty, even if it is trendy enough according to stats that I’d probably stick with Matilda, OP.

I’ve only met European ones (it doesn’t seem popular where I am in Wales 🤷‍♀️) - so posters who really dislike the name or know lots of Ottilie’s - are you/they pronouncing the name the “Ott-ill- lee” way?

I love them both .

I cannot stand the name Ottilie. Go for Matilda

Matilda

Matilda is boring never got the love for it on MN. Ottilie is ok but yes I think will be popular.. faddy..

I'd likely use Tilly out of the 3

Matilda Rose is my fave from your list.
It's lovely.

Followed by, in order of preference ..
Rose Matilda
Rose Ottilie
Ottilie Rose

They’re both lovely but flipping everywhere where I live. My kids are 7 and 3 and they both have 1 of each in their class and I hear them around a lot as well- in the playground, at activities etc.

Ottilie, it’s a lovely name. My 25 year old niece is an Ottilie so it’s definitely not new/faddy 🤣

https://names.darkgreener.com/#ottilie 14 babies called Ottilie in 1999. I'd say your niece is rather rare! 579 in 2022.

Matilda is gorgeous and my first choice for a girl

Both lovely names but Matilda Rose works better together.

I’ll tell her she’s one of the 14! She’ll be chuffed to bits 🤣

Otillie feels very trendy at the moment, Matilda is more timeless.

Ottillie with the correct pronunciation is very lovely. Not so much with the British pronunciation, it suffers from the same issue as Amelie.

So I’d go with Matilda, assuming you’re UK based.